LOCAL CONTENT

The Chairman of Independent Petroleum Producers Group (IPPG), Mr. Abdulrazaq Isa, has stated that the 27-member indigenous oil and gas exploration and production group is a product of the Nigerian Content policy of the Federal Government which is a clear testimony that the policy has recorded huge success. “The emergence of the strong indigenous Exploration and Production companies is a ...

…Board surpasses 42% minimum NC target for 2022….. The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has revealed that the Board achieved 54 Percent Nigerian Content in the Oil & Gas industry between 2016-2022. Engr. Wabote made this known on Tuesday while delivering his keynote address at the opening of the 10th Practical Nigerian ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has moved its flagship annual Practical Nigerian Content conference to Uyo, Akwa-Ibom State due to flood. Practical Nigerian Content conference normally holds annually in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, in an email to staff and other stakeholders confirmed the event would still be held on the ...

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), Africa’s champion of local content development demonstrated their stand again at TWF Assembly 5.0 hosted in Uganda on the 17-19 October,2022. TWF 5.0 focused on building welding capacity to optimize materials manufacturing across all value chain industries in Uganda & East Africa. The hybrid event which had participants from Nigeria, South Africa, Cameroon, ...

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has called for close collaboration among African oil-producing countries, particularly in human capacity development, joint development of energy projects, and research and development. He spoke at the ongoing 2022 Africa Energy Week (AEW), where he charged African oil producers to break down barriers that ...

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has lauded the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva, on the national honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) conferred on him by President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday, October 11, 2022. In a statement he personally signed, the Executive Secretary noted ...

The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board, (NCDMB) has said that there is the need for relevant government agencies and oil and gas industry stakeholders to support its medium-term plan as a means of fulfilling its mandate. The Board stated that the participation has become essential considering its drive to promoting sustainable industrialization in Nigeria. The NCDMB intends to accomplish this ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has expressed commitment towards achieving sustainable industrialization in Nigeria. The NCDMB aims at achieving this through patriotism, professionalism and commitment to its Expatriate Quota Management, EQM, initiative. The Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Wabote, who disclosed this at the stakeholders sensitization workshop on EQM, initiative to companies in the Nigerian Oil and ...

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has handed over the University of Ibadan Vocational School to the tertiary institution. The board said it constructed the vocational school in line with its capacity-building mandate and the Nigerian Content 10-year Strategic Roadmap. Handing over the facility to the Vice Chancellor of the university, Prof. Kayode Adebowale, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, ...

Senior officials of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) led by the Director Planning, Research and Statistics, Mr. Patrick  Obah have met with the management of the Naval Shipyard Limited (NSL), in Port Harcourt, Rivers State to seek areas of collaboration. The Naval Shipyard was established by Messrs Witt and Bush in 1963 and the Nigerian Navy took ...