NPA increased safety efforts in the petroleum sector after the atomic gas explosion
The National Petroleum Authority (NPA) said it has stepped up its efforts to ensure safety, especially in the downstream oil industry following the massive gas explosion at Atomic in 2017.
The October 7 accident resulted in the death of at least 7 people with over 130 others sustaining various injuries.
Speaking at this year’s West African Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) Conference, NPA CEO Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid said his outfit has stepped up training for the Directorate of monitoring and inspection across the country.
He pointed out that inspection and monitoring teams are constantly at various filling stations across the country to ensure that safety measures are being followed.
He added that the NPA is concerned to ensure security in the downstream oil sector which has 4,450 registered tankers across the length and breadth of the country as well as 4,837 oil and LPG outlets and allied facilities for the distribution of petroleum products.
Dr. Mustapha Abdul-Hamid stressed that the NPA is committed to reducing accidents in the petroleum sector to zero.
“The last time we had a major incident in this country involving an LPG filling station was at Atomic. Since then, we have tried to keep accidents in the industry at a zero level and because we have increased inspection training, monitoring, and a health and safety director who ensures that every time,” he said.
The focus of this year’s IOSH West Africa Conference is to take the adoption of a safe and healthy working environment as a fundamental and appropriate principle at work and turn it into a practical reality.
It is with the theme “Occupational Safety and Health as Basic Labor Rights.”
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