Accra Flood: Ghana Shuts Down Petrol Stations To Avoid Disaster Repeat

Ghana’s Ministry of Environment, Science, Technology and Innovations has announced that his outfit was determined to close down more fuel stations that have been cited on water-ways, Starafrica reports.

The closures will form part of activities being undertaken by a Taskforce constituted to audit 3,400 fuel stations following an explosion during flooding at the Goil Filling Station near Kwame Nkrumah Circle on June 3 2015 that claimed more than 150 lives.

Four stations have, since the commencement of the taskforce activity, been closed down while others have been instructed to correct practices that posed danger to the public.

Speaking on a local radio station in Accra, sector Minister Mahama Ayariga said reports from the taskforce operations revealed that more fuel stations have been cited on waterways, emphasizing that those stations will be closed down.

He also announced that a bill is being prepared for Parliament to streamline the acquisition of lands for such projects to forestall future disasters that arose from poor planning.