The Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA) and the management of the Accra Mall to must immediately shut down the entire facility for thorough investigation, a building engineer, Mr Emmanuel Owusu Ansah has advised .

Part of a ceiling of the Accra Mall yesterday Thursday October 11, 2018 suffered a major structural damage, resulting in injuries to three persons and a halt in commercial operations at a part of the mall.

The Marketing Manager of Accra Mall, Denise Asare, confirmed that the shopping centre is opened for business despite parts of the roof of the building collapsing on Thursday.

The injured, she said, are receiving the best treatment ever.

Asare said part of the mall is still operational and was hopeful the debris would be cleared by the end of Thursday evening so the entire mall could be operational again today, Friday, 12 October 2018.

But speaking on ClassFM, Building Engineer, Mr Ansah said the best move will be to completely shut down the entire facility.

“The move for this country this morning should have been a total shut down of the premises. I hear calls like it’s just a minor thing, but who knows what will happen tomorrow and I believe that’s why agencies like the AMA, this is their job, this is where the nation needs to see them come out and be firm and strict on such a decision.

“Lock it down, you get a government team, an inspection team, they do a thorough investigation of the building, then, you come back to the public and tell us, everything is fine, it wouldn’t happen again and that brings a standard into construction and also take away fear from the general public who might be using the premises,” Mr Ansah stated.

Meanwhile, the National Disaster Management Organisation (NADMO) has launched a probe into the collapse of the ceiling.