Group cylinders to promote use of cooking gas

A Non Governmental Agency has called for a cylinder exchange initiative to promote the use of cooking gas to enable people to pay for refill only and avoid use of expired cylinders.
The NGO’s Country Representative, Mrs Doherty Orode made the call in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Tuesday in Abuja, said that “If I am in government, I will quickly roll out a cylinder exchange programme that will allow people not to own cylinders but able to make exchange just like we do with soft drinks.
“What it means is that you are paying for the content; when it’s time to refill, you take the cylinders back to the manufacturers or the marketers and exchange it with an already filled one.
“This will guarantee the safety of the cylinders to avoid use of expired ones or leakages that could lead to explosions during usage because the marketers would ensure that any danger is avoided.
“So all the people would worry about is the cost of the gas itself; how saDariyagood a cylinder is would depend on the marketers and the people are at liberty to make their choice,” she added.
Orode, who recalled that the Federal Government had put the gas policy wheel in motion, also said that it was necessary to ensure the product was made available in every nook and cranny of the country.
She said that her organisation had stepped in to complement government’s efforts in the campaign for the use of cooking gas as fuel against other harmful cooking fuel.
“We have the capacity to engage and mobilise communities, we want to complement government’s efforts by advertising through radio and television stations across the country to promote the initiative.
“At the same time, we want to press marketers of the product to provide cylinders at subsidised rates so that people can afford and make purchase easily.
“I am aware that the government has plans for the cylinder exchange programme, but we do not know when it would commence.
“So our duty is to get the awareness up, make people understand that there is a cheaper alternative to kerosene, firewood and charcoal as cooking fuel.
“We cannot afford as a country to continue to fell down trees for firewood and charcoal and continue to put our health at risk in the process as well,” Orode said.
Africare has been addressing African development and policy issues by working in partnership with African people to build sustainable, healthy and productive communities.
The organisation launched its Behavioural Change Campaign (BCC), tagged: “Upgrade to Gas” in Lagos State and Abuja 2017.
The campaign, funded by the Global Alliance for Clean Cook stoves seeks to increase awareness, adoption and use of LPG cooking stoves among households.

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