{"id":445311,"date":"2017-12-09T10:47:43","date_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:47:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/lpg-marketers-cant-hold-ghana-to-ransom-minister\/"},"modified":"2017-12-09T10:47:43","modified_gmt":"2017-12-09T10:47:43","slug":"lpg-marketers-cant-hold-ghana-to-ransom-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/09\/lpg-marketers-cant-hold-ghana-to-ransom-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"LPG Marketers can\u2019t hold Ghana to ransom \u2013 Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Business News of Saturday,  9 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-09<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/55968723.295.jpg\" alt=\"Amin Adami\" title=\"Amin Adami\" width=\"295\" height=\"175\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Energy Minister<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512816463_632_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> A Deputy Energy Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam has chided the Association of LPG Marketers for what he called its attempt to hold Ghanaians to ransom over their concerns with the cylinder recirculation policy.<\/p>\n<p>The LPG Marketers have long expressed objections to the policy which is supposed to be in full flow by November 2018, according to a Presidential directive.<\/p>\n<p>The model involves the filling of LPG cylinders at designated refilling plants before distribution to customers at retail outlets.<\/p>\n<p>The model, proposed by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), is also a safety measure that will ensure that LPG filling points are sited out of the range of densely populated areas and commercial centres following a number of gas explosions that have claimed multiple lives.<\/p>\n<p>LPG Marketers have consistently voiced their concerns with the policy, which they believe can collapse their businesses and result in job losses. The Association has now issued a final notice to the government over its concerns, with the threat of legal action if it does not hear from the Energy Minister by Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>LPG marketers granted \u2018too much room\u2019<\/p>\n<p>But speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Amin Anta retorted that \u201cthe fact that we buy LPG from the LPG marketing companies should not be the reason for them to hold all of us to ransom because a letter they have written to a minister has not been responded to.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amin Anta also feels that the government has \u201cgiven [the association] too much room as far as their concerns are important to the implementation of the national LPG promotion policy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The LPG Marketers Association recently temporarily suspended operations nationwide, and some observers described their action as an attempt to blackmail the government.<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Policy here to stay<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Amin Anta noted that the government has been engaging the association over the past three months and at the last meeting between the two parties, \u201cwe all agreed that the policy has come to stay. The policy has been approved by Cabinet. It has been announced as part of a directive the president issued.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo as far as we are concerned, we can\u2019t do anything about the policy,\u201d Mr. Amin Anta stressed, and insisted that the \u201cpolicy has taken care of everyone,\u201d in attempts at compromise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI assured that we are going to set up an implementation committee and they [the LPG marketers] will have a place on that implementation committee. Therefore if they have input to make on how we can effectively implement the policy, if they have concerns about how we can effectively implement the policy, they should go to the implementation committee and ensure that they addressed there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><\/b>Life after the policy<\/p>\n<p>The Energy Ministry and the NPA have noted that existing LPG stations will be classified into low and high risks based on their deficiency in meeting required safety standards in an ongoing NPA\u2019s Risk Assessment.<\/p>\n<p>The LPG stations found to be high risk will be converted into filled cylinder retail and distribution outlets while those found to be low risk will be made into a dedicated to the supply of gas.<\/p>\n<p>The de-commissioned high-risk filling stations will be adequately compensated after an assessment has been thoroughly carried out by a qualified asset valuation expert.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 33 updated by: 33 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\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>Business News of Saturday, 9 December 2017 Source: citifmonline.com 2017-12-09 Mohammed Amin Adam, Deputy Energy Minister A Deputy Energy Minister, Mohammed Amin Adam has chided the Association of LPG Marketers for what he called its attempt to hold Ghanaians to ransom over their concerns with the cylinder recirculation policy. 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