The National Petroleum Authority will meet striking LPG operators on Tuesday afternoon to address their concerns on the Cylinder Recirculation Model which compelled them to embark on a nationwide strike yesterday.
According to them if the module is implemented they will be pushed out of business and about 7,000 people will lose their jobs.
[contextly_sidebar id=”xZDxbv6iRs1CIkYLbph7TigENht8x4xX”]The NPA however, has said it will go ahead with the implementation of the project as a safety precaution for retailing of LPG.
Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show today, Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority Hassan Tampuli said they will continue to engage all stakeholders to ensure a successful implementation of the program.
International firms behind re-circulation programme
The Ghana LPG Operators Association allege that some giant multinational companies were behind the government’s decision to implement the Cylinder Re-circulation Model of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution.
The Association has consistently maintained that the policy will cripple all local LPG businesses if the government goes ahead with the implementation.
President Nana Akufo-Addo ordered the implementation of the Cylinder Re-circulation Model of LPG distribution in October 2017, following the public outcry in the wake of the massive explosion at an LPG filling station at Atomic Junction.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra, the President of the LPG Operators Association, Torgbi Adaku V, insisted that the policy was not a panacea to explosions at LPG filling stations.
In the Association’s view, better vigilance by the Fire Service and the NPA were better safety options than the Cylinder Re-circulation Policy, which they say was abandoned in a previous incarnation in the 1980s.
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By: Farida Yusif/citinewsroom.com/Ghana