Use Appropriate Building Materials - Central Tongu DCE To Contractors
The District Chief Executive of Central Tongu Assembly in Volta Region, Thomas Moore has warned the public especially building contractors to obtain the necessary permits from authorities before putting up structures to avoid any future calamity. He said contractors should also use the appropriate materials for the construction
works. This also comes on the back of the collapse of a building on a boy identified as Dziedzom in Adidome in the Volta region and according to the DCE, the building which doubles as a church collapsed as a result of the inappropriate use of the building materials also in the construction. The whole thing was about the building
that collapsed on a small boy in Adidome during heavy rainfall. The police are doing their investigations, and they are yet to come out with their report. We all need to advise people. Mostly such buildings collapse because all the construction methods are always bad. If you are constructing a building, and then you start with a local materials like clay or mud, definitely, when it rains and
the building material gets wet, there will be a collapse. We also don’t encourage such materials to be used in constructing big structures like flats. So those are some of the things we are trying to tell every builder and also contractor about. All those who dodge building permits should also be warned. So, these are some of the steps we are taking to educate and also ensure that builders and contractors do the right thing, he added.