There's a great deal of support for lifting the restriction on new LPG stations - Ministry of Energy

A Public Relations Officer for the Ministry of Energy, Kwesi Obeng-Fosu, says there is sufficient support for the lifting of the restriction on the production of new LPG stations the nation over.

A boycott was put on the development of new LPG focuses in 2017 following the Atomic Junction gas blast debacle which guaranteed lives and obliterated property.

As per LPG advertising firms, the boycott had unfavorably impacted them as many had previously put vigorously in the development of new LPG focuses the nation over.

Talking on JoyNews' PM Express, Kwesi Obeng-Fosu expressed that administration has been advised of the antagonistic social effect the boycott has had on the LPG advertisers and their representatives and would consider lifting the boycott at the continuous bureau meeting.

The Public Relations Officer expressed that there are a few legitimizations for lifting the boycott including the social effect the boycott had caused.

"There is a great deal of legitimization for us to consider for us to lift this boycott. Most importantly, we as a whole concur that these organizations are 100 percent possessed by Ghanaians with tremendous interests in the ventures at different degrees of culmination up to the tune of around 60 million cedis. So we really want to consider the social effect on the current obligation that they've verbally expressed about over the period.

"Likewise the majority of these are sited at regions where there are no LPG topping off or distributing focuses. So there are bunches of legitimization for us to lift this boycott, and for that reason I expressed before on one more program that because of these defenses, government is thinking about the reminder put before bureau today that these showcasing organizations that are Ghanaian organizations should be ready to get it done to empower them recover their ventures and backing their vehicle laborers also," he said.

The thought for the lifting of the boycott comes when Gas Tanker Drivers Association and Petrol Tanker Unions have left on a plunk down strike to commute home their interests on the restriction on the development of new Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) stations and on stations currently under development and at different progressive phases, saying, it has unfavorably impacted the vast majority of their bosses.

This thusly has impacted their functioning circumstances as managers can't pay them true to form.

They are requesting a quick lifting of the prohibition on stations which were at that point under development before the burden of the boycott in 2017, and the resulting lifting of the restriction on development of new LPG stations.

Responding to the strike, Mr. Obeng-Fosu said, "these carriers are protesting in fortitude with their bosses. So in the event that you request the avocation for the lifting of the boycott, I accept it is all together."

In the mean time, Cabinet has lifted the prohibition on development of LPG outlets all through the country.

This was contained in a letter addressed to the Chairman of the LPG Marketers Association of Ghana by the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) on August 3, 2022.

As indicated by the explanation endorsed by the Chief Executive of the NPA, Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, "We are satisfied to illuminate you that Cabinet at its 35th Sitting, hung on August third 2022, has conceded a unique regulation to permit the consummation of the development of abandoned LPG stations the nation over, that were impacted by the prohibition on the development and activity of new LPG offices in 2017."

Mr Hamid asked all substances impacted by the boycott to resubmit their applications to the NPA.

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