The Kano State Government in its effort to address the incessant gas explosions has resolved to enact a law that would curtail the indiscriminate sale of explosive related items within communities, following the explosion that rocked the state recently.
Going by this the government has constituted a high powered Legal Committee under the State Secretary to the Government, Usman Alhaji to not only draft the suitable regulations against the sale of Gas Cylinders but also bring recommendations on the desirable punitive measures against the menace.
The State Commissioner for Environment, Dr. Kabiru Ibrahim Getso, disclosed this on Sunday while celebrating this year’s Environmental Day,
He however expressed his worry that slowly gas cylinder explosions in Kano are becoming year in year out problems that need to quickly be tackled.
He said that it has become clear that only serious legislation can curtail the problems of gas explosion in the state which is causing the untimely death of innocent people
According to him, they have strongly resolved to enact a law that would put in punitive measures against anybody caught disregarding laid down directives on the sales and display of the products.
Dr. Getso said that the recent gas cylinders related emissions that had resulted in the hospitalizations of over 100 peoples at Sheka was because of ignorance on the part of the owner of the products.
This article was originally published on Naija News