A committee constituted by GhanaianPresident John Atta-Mills is scheduled to begin an investigation Friday intothe fire that gutted the foreign ministry building.
President Atta-Mills alsodirected the foreign ministry to find an alternative location in order tocontinue its work.
Police say although investigations are underway, threesuspects have so far been arrested in connection with the fire.
Wednesdayevening's blaze burnt down a 10-story building of the foreign ministry,destroying valuable documents and equipment.
There were no reported casualtiesor death.
Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister Chris Kpodo said that ministry workers are scheduled to return to their normal dutiesFriday.
"Thepresident has directed that we should find an alternate location for theministry to be able to continue operating as normal," he said.
Hesaid President Atta-Mills wants the ministry's work to continue despite effortsto get to the bottom of how the fire started.
"Asyou rightly have heard, the president has ordered the constitution of acommittee to investigate into what caused the fire and see what can be done,"Kpodo said.
Kpodosaid the foreign ministry will be using other buildings unaffected by the fire.
"Theministry has three blocks in its premises, two of the administration blockswere not affected by the fire. We are restoring electricity and communicationsin those two blocks, so we will still be operating from Friday," Kpodo said.
Hesaid the ministry's workers have not been overly affected by the accident.
"Theyare taking it very calmly. We've asked them to remain calm. They've moved home,we've got their contact numbers and we will bring them to work as soon as weget accommodation for them," he said.
Kpodosaid a small staff is working despite the accident.
"Theskeleton staff is working. In fact we were in the office the whole day. So theworkers are very calm, and they are just waiting to be relocated," Kpodo said.
Criticshave blamed the fire department for being ineffective in putting out the fire,enabling it to gut the entire foreign ministry building.
Kpodosaid the government is taking steps to help equip the fire department.
"Theseare natural developments that we've seriously considered. Something like thismust have exposed our weaknesses in fighting fire. So we will take steps toimprove our fire fighting mechanism," he said.
Thefire reportedly destroyed historic documents, including several related toGhana's 1957 independence from colonial power Britain.
Kpodo says there is needto come up with substitute solutions for the destroyed manuscripts.
"Wewill try and reconstruct our documentaries," Kpodo said.
PresidentAtta-Mills also asked the police to intensify their investigation and dealappropriately with possible perpetrators.