{"id":428669,"date":"2017-10-14T14:03:03","date_gmt":"2017-10-14T14:03:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/10\/14\/we-should-start-suing-owners-of-gas-stations-for-negligence-ayariga\/"},"modified":"2017-10-14T14:03:03","modified_gmt":"2017-10-14T14:03:03","slug":"we-should-start-suing-owners-of-gas-stations-for-negligence-ayariga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/10\/14\/we-should-start-suing-owners-of-gas-stations-for-negligence-ayariga\/","title":{"rendered":"We should start suing owners of gas stations for negligence \u2013 Ayariga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Mahama Ayariga<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Former Environment Minister, Mahama Ayariga says the spate of gas explosions in the country will end if operators of those facilities are sued for damages.<\/p>\n

The lawmaker believes the \u201cfinancial bite\u201d will serve as a deterrent to check the recklessness and negligence that often lead\u00a0to the\u00a0explosions.<\/p>\n

On Joy FM\/MultiTV\u2019s Newsfile Saturday, the Bawku Central MP said gas operators should no longer be left off the hook whenever an explosion occurs.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should start suing the owners for the damage caused [people and properties],\u201d the man whose leadership at the Environment Ministry in 2015 saw the country\u2019s biggest explosions.<\/p>\n

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At least 159 people died, with several others\u00a0injured after the June 3, fire and flood disaster. A smoker was blamed for the fire but nothing was done to him.<\/p>\n

The country was later to record seven other explosions with the recent one being the Atomic Junction gas explosion at Madina in Accra. The government has confirmed\u00a0at least seven people died while 134 others were injured.<\/p>\n

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The gas explosion at Madina Atomic Junction<\/b><\/p>\n

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has said negligence and recklessness on the part of the gas operator were to blame for\u00a0the explosion.<\/p>\n

NPA boss, Hassan Tampuli said the gas operator discharged the product after 6 pm, an act that went against the Authority\u2019s regulations.<\/p>\n

The President Akufo-Addo government has rolled out new policy directives, which involved an immediate and strict inspection of all gas and filling stations.<\/p>\n

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Vice Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Health Committee\u00a0Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie<\/b><\/p>\n

But Mr Ayariga wants\u00a0gas operators\u00a0to be held responsible for the damage and loss of lives that their negligence and recklessness cause.<\/p>\n

\u201cI haven\u2019t heard anybody suing the people who operate those gas stations,\u201d he said, adding people will learn to be responsible if they are sued for their actions.<\/p>\n

on his part, Vice Chairman of Parliament\u2019s Health Committee Dr Nana Ayew Afriyie has expressed optimism in the measures government has put out to address the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe directive is so bold [and] no respecter of persons,\u201d the\u00a0Effiduase-Asokore MP\u00a0told Newsfile host Samson Lardy Anyenini, adding the system will be sanitized after the implementation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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