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January 6, 2020
The Department of Petroleum Resources, DPR has threatened to sanction all unlicensed Liquefied Petroleum Gas, LPG retail outlets and operators with stiff penalties.
TheDPR North-West Zonal Operations Controller Isa Tafida, made this known tonewsmen in Kaduna while reacting to Saturday’s gas explosion at Sabon Tasha,Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
Itwould be recalled that the gas explosion killed five persons, including aprofessor, and destroyed valuable properties on January 4th.
ThePolice in a statement, after the incident in Kaduna, confirmed that fivepersons were killed, while four others sustained injuries.
Tafidawho condoled with victims of the explosion, said that the gas retailer operatedillegally, without even a category-D license being issued to retailers in thezone.
Heurged investors, gas plant operators and retailers to obtain the requiredlicense, that would ensure safe handling of gas, to avoid similar accidents inthe future.