LPG retailers plan to embark on strike over policy May 21

The Association of LPG retailers say they will embark on a strike across the nation on Monday, 21st May, over the government’s plan to implement the cylinder re-circulation policy.  

This means consumers will not be able to buy the product at various retail outlets from Monday. 

Government decided to implement the programme after the gas explosion at Atomic junction which claimed seven lives and injured many. 

The plan is to stop LPG outlets from filling empty gas cylinders as part of measures to stop gas explosions. 

LPG bottling plants are also to be set up outside residential and commercial areas for them to fill cylinders for sale at the retail outlets.  

The Operators, who are opposed to the policy, say their businesses will collapse if government goes ahead to roll out the policy.  

President of the Ghana LPG Operators Association, Torgbi Adaku in an interview with Cynthia Boateng said the Association has consistently maintained that the policy will render about seven thousand people jobless.

Meanwhile, the Chamber Petroleum Consumers, COPEC, is calling for restraint in the implementation of the Cylinder recirculation programme. 

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