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January 16, 2020
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.
TheDPR North-West Zonal Operational Controller, Isa Tafida, gave the task at aone-day stakeholders’ sensitisation meeting in Kaduna. He said relevantagencies were taking necessary regulatory measures to ensure only licensedoperators dispensed the commodity to consumers.
Tafidanoted that the recent gas explosion at Sabon-Tasha and the proliferation of LPGplants and retailers across the State informed the need to enlightenstakeholders on the requirements to adopt and adhere strictly to StandardOperating Procedure, SOP, in dispensing gas to consumers.
TheController said sensitising both operators and consumers became necessary toprevent future occurrence.
Itwould be recalled that eight persons lost their lives while four otherssustained various degrees of injury and property worth millions of Nairadestroyed in acetylene gas explosion on January 4 at Sabon-Tasha, Kaduna.