An Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) office block, near the Church of Pentecost Church at Kaneshie, has been abandoned and being swallowed by refuse.

The situation threatens to cause an outbreak of filth-related diseases that can spread in the capital of over five million inhabitants.

The AMA building and supposed drains around it have become a dumping site for all manner of refuse as water from rains has swamped the basement of the structure and mixed the rubbish to choke drains and parts of the ground floor.

The mixture of garbage and moisture continuously attract houseflies and mosquitoes – agents of malaria and diarrhea, diseases capable of starting fatal epidemics.

This eyesore of a house was planned as a nine-story building under President Kufuor’s regime that ended in January 2009 but the project stalled just at the construction of the second floor.

Since then, the uncompleted structure has been left to rot.

People living around the AMA’s abandoned building at Kaneshie, told Adom News’ reporter Prince Owusu Asiedu the stench the swampy filth exudes, is sickening.

When the reporter approached the Public Relations Director of the AMA for possible explanation, and, when the situation would be addressed, the PRD, Gilbert Ankrah, said the reporter would have to wait till a new office of the assembly at Accra’s Kinbu suburb has been opened before getting answers to issues on the Kaneshie structure.

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