According to the leadership, the directive has whipped up public sentiment against their members and increased their risk of doing business.

[contextly_sidebar id=”BseSVuGhImaQgUA2RqE2lfwyX8vils5L”]Following last week’s Atomic Junction Gas explosion, President Akufo Addo, and his Cabinet directed the review of all existing and newly awarded licenses for operators, among others.

But the Public Relations Officer of the Association, Kwame Owiredu, told Citi News their members are contemplating legal action among other options, against the directive.

“As to the constitutionality of the fiat issued by Cabinet, our members are agitating. Aside the suit that they are contemplating, some of them are actually saying that if the NPA is painting them as if their operations are death traps; they are explosions in waiting, they might as well stop operating because you can’t licence somebody and then come back and designate them as high risk or low risk. They are really agitating… By the close of the week , we will issue a press statement and let Ghanaians know what we intend to do.”

Cylinder Re-circulation Module will collapse our businesses – LPG marketers

This threat comes days after the Public Relations Officer of the LPG Marketers Association, Bernard Owiredu, expressed his outfit’s disquiet over plans to introduce the module.

Mr. Owiredu had indicated that, the current module is targeted at collapsing their businesses, despite their many years of existence in the industry.

Cylinder circulation won’t favour the poor – COPEC

The Chamber of Petroleum Consumers (COPEC), also raised concerns about the Cylinder Re-circulation Model of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) distribution, suggesting it may burden poor Ghanaians.

The Chamber’s Executive Director, Duncan Amoah, noted the inflexibility of the programme and suggested the old system of distribution be employed alongside the new module ordered by President Nana Akufo-Addo.

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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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The Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) mandated a commissioner of the Commission, David Ametepe to represent the Commission as witness of the plaintiff.

The plaintiff, lawyer George Tetteh Wayo in his examination of the PURC sought to explain the effects of the pull out by the TUC.

The TUC last year suspended their membership on the board following the upward adjustment of tariffs.

The FGJ is therefore praying the court to order the Union to restore its membership on the board of the PURC.

In an interview with Citi News, the Director of Communications for the Forum, Robert Afulimi said though TUC is now being represented on the board, he seeks to make the court declare TUC’s action as unconstitutional “so that no one will repeat the this same action some time to come”

The presiding judge adjourned the case to June 5, 2014 where the examination of the second witness of the plaintiff will be continued.

By: Magdalene Larnyoh/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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