Kaduna Environmental Protection Authority (KEPA) says it has sealed 87 illegal roadside gas refilling outlets in the state, following the gas explosion that left five dead.
General Manager of the agency, Jibrin Lawal, disclosed this on Thursday while evacuating debris at the site of the gas explosion, which occurred on Saturday in Sabon Tasha, Chikun Local Government Area.
According to Lawal, the closure is in line with Governor Nasir El-Rufai’s directive, following the explosion in which five persons died and four others injured.
He said that the seal-up exercise was carried out simultaneously in three towns in Kaduna State, with 54 outlets sealed in Kaduna, 25 in Zaria and eight in Kafanchan.
“The sealing of the gas outlets will be a continuous process as we are still receiving complaints from residents on locations of refilling outlets,’ he said.
The KEPA boss said that gas refilling was a high-risk activity that should not be allowed close to residential areas.
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Lawal said the exercise was being carried out in collaboration with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Standards Organisation of Nigeria (SON) and other relevant stakeholders.
Meanwhile, Kaduna State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) has said three out of the four injured victims of the January 4 gas explosion that left five people dead have been discharged.
SEMA Executive Secretary, Mrs Maimuna Zakari, disclosed this while speaking with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Kaduna on Thursday.
Zakari said that the remaining victim of the explosion was still in critical condition but responding to treatment at St. Gerard’s Hospital, Kaduna.
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