{"id":428433,"date":"2017-10-13T20:11:24","date_gmt":"2017-10-13T20:11:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/npa-shuts-down-21-high-risk-gas-stations-targets-filling-stations\/"},"modified":"2017-10-13T20:11:24","modified_gmt":"2017-10-13T20:11:24","slug":"npa-shuts-down-21-high-risk-gas-stations-targets-filling-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/npa-shuts-down-21-high-risk-gas-stations-targets-filling-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"NPA shuts down 21 \u2018high risk\u2019 gas stations, targets filling stations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has closed down about 21 &#8220;high risk&#8221; Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling stations, targeting to replicate same to filling stations that are non-compliant.<\/p>\n<p>About 25 others have been given a \u201cclean bill of health\u201d to meet the necessary safety conditions.<\/p>\n<p>NPA Executive Director, Hassan Tampuli told Evans Mensah on Joy FM\u2019s Top Story Friday the gas stations that were shut down did not have the requisite permit to operate.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/1002554\/Myjoyonline.com_InArticle_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He said the owners could not provide registration documents from the Ghana National Fire Service (GNFS), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Town and Country Department and the Factory Inspectorate Department of the Energy Ministry.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/3711628970534_4467883332477.JPG\" style=\"border-style:solid; border-width:5px; height:443px; width:640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>NPA Executive Director, Hassan <\/b><b>Tampuli<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you omit each one of these permits, you are likely to have your station closed down,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The revelation was contained in government statement announcing some new measures to prevent gas explosions in the country.<\/p>\n<p>The recent gas explosion at Madina Atomic Junction in Accra left at least seven people dead with 134 others injured.<\/p>\n<p>President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has vowed to uphold safety standards at the various gas stations.<\/p>\n<p>In line with that, his government has directed the immediate inspection of all gas stations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh-risk stations will be immediately closed down, in accordance with relevant law and without regard to any political or special interests,\u201d the new measures sanctioned by Cabinet last night read.<\/p>\n<p>But NPA said it has already rolled out an inspection exercise of all gas stations to assess their safety protocols and operating permits.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Mr Tampuli said the Authority\u2019s inspectorate has been monitoring the gas stations across the five zonal areas namely Kumasi, Greater Accra, Volta, Takoradi, and Tamale.<\/p>\n<p>He said in all, the NPA has been able to inspect about 46 stations, out of which 21 have been permanently closed down.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe more rigorous one will follow [and] the imposition of penalty is a given,\u201d he said, adding the sanction regime for non-compliant gas stations is not tough.<\/p>\n<p>But Executive Director of the Bureau of Public Safety, Nana Akwandah has cautioned the NPA to tread cautiously since its activities might trigger opposition from gas operators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou cannot close down gas stations because they don\u2019t have registration from inspectorate,\u201d he said, adding if the NPA is not careful people might read political meaning into its activities.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has closed down about 21 &#8220;high risk&#8221; Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling stations, targeting to replicate same to filling stations that are non-compliant. 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NPA Executive Director, Hassan Tampuli told Evans Mensah on Joy [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-428433","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-business"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NPA shuts down 21 \u2018high risk\u2019 gas stations, targets filling stations - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/13\/npa-shuts-down-21-high-risk-gas-stations-targets-filling-stations\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NPA shuts down 21 \u2018high risk\u2019 gas stations, targets filling stations - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has closed down about 21 &#8220;high risk&#8221; Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) filling stations, targeting to replicate same to filling stations that are non-compliant. 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