Cooking Gas: Federal Government Begins Shutdown Of Illegal Plants, Roadside LPG Retailers - Liberty TV/Radio - News - Voice For All! Vision For Alll!
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September 3, 2019
TheFederal Government has begun clampdown on illegal gas plants and roadsideretailers of Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG, known as cooking gas.
DPR’sOperations Controller, Port Harcourt Zone, Bassey Nkanga, made this known onthe sideline of the department’s ongoing surveillance on gas plants in PortHarcourt, Rivers state.
Governmenthad in May stopped customers’ ownership of cylinders as well as barred therefilling of gas cylinders by the roadsides and other unauthorized places.
Thepolicy, the government said, would require that the ownership of LPG cylindersrest solely with the dealers and distributors.
Accordingto Nkanga, the department had held several meetings with operators of gasplants and LPG retailers to introduce them to standard minimum requirementsacceptable in the industry.
Heexplained that government was also clamping down on operators of illegal gasplants; those operating without valid licence and others operating withinresidential areas.
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