NPA meets Council of State on new LPG policy

The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has met with members of the Council of State to discuss the new Liquefied petroleum Gas (LPG) policy initiative which is expected to be implemented in January 2019.

The delegation, who presented the new policy model to the Council of State, was led by the Chief Executive Officer of NPA, Hassan Tampuli, who said the

Read full article.main reason for the policy initiative was to essentially deal with health, safety, and security issues.

While addressing the Council on the possibility of fear of job loss, Hassan Tampuli admitted that he was confident their engagement will help shape the directions of the policy implementation.

On the other hand, with the consumer mind, the NPA said the policy was to “respond to the question of availability, affordability, and accessibility across the country.”

In his address as the Chairperson of the conclave, Chairman of the Council Nana Otuo Siriboe II commended the NPA for using the council as their ‘think-tank’ for the execution of their policy while urging them to ensure that Ghanaians benefit from the implementation.

“We have no doubt at all that the interaction that we are going to have with you will be very well informed. I have no doubt at all that whatever we agree or whatever we tell you will find implementations in your policies and programs.” He said.