Floodwaters destroyed hundreds of documents, computers, and scanners at the Lands Commission's Head Office in Accra.
After Saturday night's downpour, the basement of the new building was heavily submerged in water, flooding the Records Room, Files Room, and I.T. Unit - all of which are located in the basement.
According to sources at the Commission, the affected documents include indentures, land maps, and land documents.
According to the sources, vital land documents have also been "mixed up" as a result of the flood's destruction.
When the news team arrived at the Commission's Head Office on Monday morning, it encountered some Commission officers drying documents on the forecourt.
Some Commission employees were also seen rummaging through the documents, attempting to salvage some and reorganize those that had become disorganized.
A cleaning crew was also seen scooping water from the basement.
The employees stated that they arrived at work on Monday only to discover flood damage, and that they would be unable to work today as a result of the situation.
When the news team arrived at the Commission's Head Office on Monday morning, it encountered some Commission officers drying documents on the forecourt.
They blamed the flooding on the construction of new offices near the main Head Office building, which they claimed blocked water flow into nearby drains.
Meanwhile, officials at the Head Office remained tight-lipped about the situation.
read also: We Can't Advance With Our Current Politics - Most Rev. Kwasi Sarpong.
The Most Rev. Dr Peter K. Sarpong, Metropolitan Archbishop Emeritus of the Kumasi Catholic Archdiocese, has stated that the country cannot progress with the current political climate.
He stated that society would be a better place if leaders agreed to serve rather than be served.
"Without such leadership, the country will be unable to rid itself of bribery and corruption, embezzlement of state resources, political arrogance, appropriation of undeserved power, and sheer wickedness, intimidation, greed, ethnocentrism; in short, wicked Godlessness," he added.
The Most Rev. Dr Sarpong delivered this year's Ephraim Amu Memorial Lecture in Accra on the topic "The Performing Arts, Morality, and Ghanaian Identity."
The Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences established the lecture series in memory of composer, songwriter, and social activist Ephraim Amu.
It included musical interludes and performances inspired by Amu's works.
Significance
The Most Rev. Dr. Sarpong stated that "at a time when we appear to look down on the Biblical injunction that the fear of the Lord is the beginning of wisdom, we need the performing arts to communicate to us the true and abiding principles of life of the Ghanaian that has ennobled him all this while."
In a world where arrogance, greed, and selfishness had taken over, he added, the performing arts reminded people of who they were and the importance of upholding their cherished values.
"In a world filled with crude individualism, arrogance, greed, avarice, and selfishness, we need the performing arts to remind us that the Ghanaian is by nature gentle, hospitable, friendly, forgiving, compassionate, self-respecting, and welcoming."
"At a time when we appear to have lost our respect for symbolism, we need the performing arts to drill into our heads the powerful message that life is not banal, but full of meaning, albeit sometimes cryptic," the Most Rev. Dr Sarpong added.
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