{"id":360581,"date":"2017-10-10T06:06:15","date_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:06:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=360581"},"modified":"2017-10-10T06:06:15","modified_gmt":"2017-10-10T06:06:15","slug":"ban-on-site-dispensing-of-gas-occupyghana-demands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/10\/ban-on-site-dispensing-of-gas-occupyghana-demands\/","title":{"rendered":"Ban on-site dispensing of gas – OccupyGhana demands"},"content":{"rendered":"
Pressure Group, OccupyGhana, is calling for a temporary ban on on-site dispensing of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) across the country.<\/p>\n
It said the ban must be sustained at least until the appropriate state agencies enforce rules that guarantee the safety of gas companies’ operations.<\/p>\n
In a statement copied to citifmonline.com<\/strong>, OccupyGhana lamented that, there had been 8 major gas explosions in the country within\u00a0four years, adding that regulators needed to “produce a permanent solution to this issue.”<\/p>\n
“OccupyGhana\u00ae would recommend the banning of all on-site dispensing of gas. We side with the decision of the National Petroleum Authority to regulate the downstream gas distribution by phasing out refilling of LPG gas at LPG dispensing stations. Thus, instead of having LPG dispensing outlets, all gas cylinders will be filled by cylinder bottling plants for onward distribution to retail outlets,” it said.<\/p>\n