Explosion: DPR To Train 400 LPG, PMS Dealers On Safety Practices

The Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), Osogbo Field Office says it will sensitise 400 stakeholders in oil and gas business in the state on the need to adhere strictly to safety practices in the course of operations.

Mr Olusegun Daboh, DPR Operations Controller in the state disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Osogbo.

Daboh said the department had concluded plans to hold its Annual General Meeting, where all oil and gas marketers would be sensitise on safety practices to avoid fire outbreak.

The controller, who decried the frequent gas explosion in the country, said the stakeholders’ meeting slated for March 19, would educate delegates on how to adhere strictly to safety procedures.

Daboh said DPR, as a regulatory agency in the oil and gas industry, would continue to clamp down on all the illegal gas plant in the state.

He said more than 400 delegates from all the 16 Local Government Area of the state would be in attendance and would be sensitised on safety practices in oil and gas business

Daboh said members of Independent Petroleum Marketers Association of Nigeria (IPMAN), Major Oil Marketers Association of Nigeria, Nigeria Association of Liquefied, among others were expected at the event.

The Controllers, who gave the theme of the sensitisation meeting as ” Safety Practices in Oil and Gas Industry : Our Civic Obligations , said experts in the industry would deliver lectures to sensitise delegates.

Daboh said DPR Director, Sarki Auwalu, would also be at the meeting , while Gov. Gboyega Oyetola of Osun would be the Special Guest of honour at the event.