Fuel filling stations that are properly sited but do not have the requisite legal documents to operate would be spared from demolition, Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister, Mahama Ayariga has said.
However, owners of the facilities would be directed to suspend their operations until they acquire permits from the authorizing agencies.
“You have to apply the law in a very rational way. The direction is that stop operating, apply for a permit …we will inspect and make sure that you have complied with every standard and then you will be issued with a permit to operate,” he told Kasapa 102.3 FM.
He said the decision is being taken to ensure that jobs and income sources are not lost.
Mahama Ayariga who is also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bawku Central said it is only when the activities of the fuel filling station are endangering the lives of the people that they would be clamped down.
The Minister is currently touring fuel filling stations in Accra to assess at first hand their compliance with environmental best practices and related laws regulating their operations.
He had initially serviced notice of clamping down on all illegal fuel stations within the 3600-operating ecosystem.
By: Kasapafmonline.com/Ghana
