Authorities of the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), have revealed that they will soon clampdown on illegal dealers and re-fillers of the Liquified Petroleum Gas (LPG) also known as cooking gas in Bayelsa state.
The operation Controller, Yenagoa field office Mrs. Ejiro Ufondu stated that the gas re-fillers who sale gas indiscriminately in the state capital do not consider the health hazard and the effects on residents, adding that her office will do everything to stop the act.
Ufondu stated this in Yenagoa while speaking briefly with newsmen during the 2019 DPR/Petroleum products marketers annual general meeting with the theme “Together we deliver safe operations in Bayelsa state”.
She said, “We are specifically going to address the issue, for the gas re-filling; it is part of our policy that if you want to fill your bottles, you take it to a gas depot and if you must give it to a gas re-filler then what to do collect another filled bottle and not wait for them to refill”
She stated that Bayelsa state has not recorded issues of accident for about a year now unlike some states who have recorded so many casualties of workers, noting that safety operations is been upheld by workers in the state.
“We’ve not recorded issues of severe accidents or death for some months in the state, safety of operations is really upheld here, we will continue to lead the way in safety together in the state.
There’s a lot to be done regarding safety and we must keep at it, we mustn’t feel because we’ve not had accident cases we should relax, we must put in more efforts to ensure everyone remains safe,” she said.
