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The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and other products, as provided by law.<\/p>\n

SON Director General Osita Aboloma announced this on Tuesday during a visit to the scene of gas explosion at Sabo Tasha, Kaduna State, in which six people died.<\/p>\n

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the SON chief was represented by Nwaoma Olujie, Group Head LPG at SON. NAN also reports that Aboloma paid condolence to the Kaduna State government over the sad incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are determined to ensure diligent prosecution of importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard LPG cylinders and other products, as provided for in SON Act Number 14 of 2015,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) cylinders and other products, as provided by law. SON Director General Osita Aboloma announced this on Tuesday during a visit to the scene of gas explosion at Sabo Tasha, Kaduna State, in which six […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":19903,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,15],"tags":[456,351],"class_list":["post-19902","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","tag-gas","tag-petroleum"],"yoast_head":"\nGas explosion: SON to prosecute importers of substandard LPG cylinders - Nigeria<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Gas explosion: SON to prosecute importers of substandard LPG cylinders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Standard Organisation of Nigeria (SON) has said it will prosecute importers, manufacturers and distributors of substandard Liquefied Petroleum\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Nigeria\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-01-08T15:58:29+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Gas-Explosion-1-657x375-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"657\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"375\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"alico\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"alico\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/#\/schema\/person\/50afd2ef4f0e900bd0a176404a8484a7\"},\"headline\":\"Gas explosion: SON to prosecute importers of substandard LPG cylinders\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-01-08T15:58:29+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\"},\"wordCount\":133,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/sites\/3\/2020\/01\/Gas-Explosion-1-657x375-1.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"gas\",\"petroleum\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/gas-explosion-son-to-prosecute-importers-of-substandard-lpg-cylinders\",\"name\":\"Gas explosion: SON to prosecute importers of substandard LPG cylinders - 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