The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR has called on Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG plant operators to take necessary measures to ensure safety of end-users of cooking gas in Kaduna State.
The DPR North-West Zonal Operational Controller, Isa Tafida, gave the task at a one-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting in Kaduna. He said relevant agencies were taking necessary regulatory measures to ensure only licensed operators dispensed the commodity to consumers.
Tafida noted that the recent gas explosion at Sabon-Tasha and the proliferation of LPG plants and retailers across the State informed the need to enlighten stakeholders on the requirements to adopt and adhere strictly to Standard Operating Procedure, SOP, in dispensing gas to consumers.
The Controller said sensitising both operators and consumers became necessary to prevent future occurrence.
It would be recalled that eight persons lost their lives while four others sustained various degrees of injury and property worth millions of Naira destroyed in acetylene gas explosion on January 4 at Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna.
