In Tamale, in the Northern region, the National Petroleum Authority (NPA) has arranged a sensitization durbar on the Cylinder Recirculation Model (CRM).
The purpose of the durbar was to inform the people about the benefits of switching to liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from charcoal and firewood.
CRM is a method of distributing LPG, especially for home use, in which bottling factories fill their own cylinders and then sell them through LPG marketing firms that run cylinder exchange stations.
Customers merely pay for the LPG; under the model, anyone who wants to use LPG can stroll to a Cylinder Exchange Point, register, and have access to a cylinder to use. Customers do not own cylinders.
The government’s cylinder recirculation program aims to raise awareness of LPG as a safer, healthier, and cleaner alternative fuel for cooking.
Cooking shouldn’t put women’s and children’s lives in danger, according to Linda Boamah Asante, Deputy Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority (NPA).