29th September 2022 10:37:00 AM
2 mins readBy the end of this year's December, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) plans to launch the Cylinder Recirculation Policy across significant regions of the nation.
0
After a protracted period of time during the prohibition following the 2017 gas explosion that occurred at Atomic, the Authority's Chief Executive Officer, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, indicated that progress is expected to boost operations.
1
The head of the NPA told attendees at the Ghana International Petroleum Conference that the government was committed to implementing the cylinder recirculation model policy.
2
Only Ghana and Nigeria still run LPG filling stations in the entire region of West Africa, thus we should all work diligently to put an end to the filling station phenomena.
3
“On our part at the National Petroleum Authority we are determined that by the close of this year, we should start piloting the cylinder recirculation model at least in the southern part of our country with a determination to ensure that by 2030 we achieve an LPG penetration of 50 percent,” he added.
4
Meanwhile, the implementation of the Cylinder Recirculation Policy comes after the Association of LPG marketers had raised concerns over the decision which they say has been counterproductive for their businesses.
5
The Association, in August this year, embarked on a strike action to register its displeasure over government’s decision to place a ban on the construction of new LPG stations since 2017.
6
Before the strike was subsequently called off, after several meetings with government, the Association has on numerous occasions lamented they have not been properly sensitised on introducing the Cylinder Recirculation Policy.
7
“You need to ensure that the current players in the industry are properly taken care of. You need to ensure that the players who have built the industry over the years are taken care of in terms of trying to rope them in properly so they drive and own the policy,” Vice President of the LPG Marketers Association of Ghana, Gabriel Kumi said.
8
“This industry as I’ve indicated has been built by indigenous Ghanaians and the private sector. So, if the government is coming up with a new policy, it’s important that government really equips us, takes us through and drags us along,” he is quoted by Citi Business News.
9
2 mins read
2 mins read
2 mins read
2 mins read
2 mins read
2 mins read
1 min read
2 mins read
1 min read