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30.07.2015 Social News

Pay more attention to fire safety

By GNA
Pay more attention to fire safety
30.07.2015 LISTEN

Kodie (Ash), July 29, GNA - The Afigya-Kwabre District Assembly has threatened the closure of filling stations operating in the area without valid fire safety certificates and other relevant permits, from the appropriate state institutions.

Mr. Kwaku Oppong-Kyekyeku Kaakyire, the District Chief Executive (DCE), said they would insist that the right things were done.

There was no way the District Security Committee (DISEC) would allow any of the stations to flout the law, and that it would drag offenders to court.

He gave the warning after an inspection tour of a number of gas, diesel and gasoline sale points, to assess the safety measures they had put in place, and their emergency response preparedness.

There are currently 28 filling stations doing business in the area, and more are being added.

Mr. Oppong-Kyekyeku expressed concern about the unhygienic conditions under which some were operating, and said that was completely unacceptable.

He directed that immediate steps were taken to tidy their places, or faced appropriate punitive sanctions.

He also signaled strong disapproval of the situation where people used laterite to fill up river beds, to make way for the construction of filling stations, and said the Assembly would act to stop that.

GNA

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