Queue at the filing station The President, Petroleum Products Retailers Owners of Nigeria( PETROAN), Dr Billy Gills Harry, says the reduction of the product, by the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited( NNPCL) is good for the nation'struggling economy, as it would help in soften the difficult situations posed by the sharp rise in the price of petroleum products. While reacting to the issue through a statement issued and signed to the NEWSMIRROR yesterday, Harry said that the slight reversal of the price by NNPCL shows that the government is committed to the alleviation of the problems of the masses. According to him, the reduction in the price per litre of Petrol Motoring Spirit( PMS) from N1,020 per litre to N899 per litre is good, adding that the country will soon get over its problem, if the readjustment of the economy continues. Also, PETROAN's Public Relation Officer, Dr Joseph Obele said that Dangote Petroleum Refinery had earlier started the r...
By Favour & Akinola Ajibade
Standards of Organisation of Nigeria) has advised Nigerians, whose Liquefied Petroleum Gas(LPG) cylinders are below fifteen years from the date of manufacturing) not to panick about their their expiration period.
This coming on the heels of recent reports in the social media tools including facebooks, whatapps, Instagramms among others, that many LPG's cylinders may expire soon, coupled with the fact that the issue if left unchecked would cause dangers to the owners and the communities in particular.
SON, in a recent report titled: Public Alert On Expiration of LPG Steel Cylinders In line with Nigeria Industrial Standard( NIS:69:2013) of which a copy was sent to the News Mirror through the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Association Liquefied Petroleum Gas Marketers (NALPGAM), Mr Basset Essien, said that
LPG cylinders of less than 15 years are yet to outlive their usefulness as many Nigerians concluded.
In the report, the agency further said that the expiring date of clinders differ from one country to another in accordance with their relevant National Standards, adding that cylinders, which are obsolete and destructive are far above the ones of 15 years.
" In Nigeria manufactured locally or imported into the country must carry the manufacturers brand's name, country of origin, test pressure, tare weight among other features.
It in realisation of these facts that SON wishes to guide the general public on the use of LPG Steel Cylinders as provided for in the Nigerian Industrial Standard NIS 63: 2013 as follows.
The LPG Steel Cylinders life span differs from country to country in accordance with their relevant National Standards, that the standards for Steel Cylinders specifies a maximum of 15 years among others.
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