The stance comes after government in 2017 instituted the ban following a massive gas explosion at Madina-Atomic Junction in Accra which claimed seven lives and others injured. Executive Director of the Bureau, Nana Yaw Akwada, said it rather expects government to give a go-ahead for the siting of LPG cylinder points under the Cylinder Re-Circulation Model (CRM). “To say I did not expect it to be lifted might be misleading. He added, “The number of distribution points where users or consumers will have to go and purchase their gas or cylinders is going to increase. The association on the other hand has persistently been requesting for the ban to lifted.
