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NCDMB to Meet 10 Percent Domestic Demand of LPG

The Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Simbi Wabote has said that the Local Content Board is now set to meet the nation’s 10 Percent domestic demand of the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) Wabote explained that NCDMB has secured approval to work with select partners to produce cooking gas that would meet the growing demand ...

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Nigerian Content Fund exceeds $500 Million – Wabote

The Nigerian Content Intervention (NCI) Fund has exceeded half a billion dollars, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote has said.He spoke recently at the Sub-Saharan African International Petroleum Conference (SAIPEC) organised in Lagos by the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), He indicated that the NCI Fund which is extended as ...

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NCDMB Seeks Creation of African Local Content Fund

Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Wabote, has called for the creation of an African Local Content Fund, to finance oil and gas projects across the continent. Wabote made the call on Tuesday at the 6th edition of the Sub-Saharan African International Petroleum Exhibition and Conference, organised by Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN) in ...

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NCDMB Engages 100 Youths in ITF Vocational Training

Hundred Nigerian youths have commenced training in the vocational skills programme sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and facilitated by the Industrial Training Fund (ITF).The training covers eight skills areas, and they include Information and Communication Technology; Electrical/Electronic Technology; Industrial Automation and Mechatronics; Instrumentation and Process Control; Mechanical Services and Maintenance; Mobile Phone Repairs and Troubleshooting; ...

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Nigerian Content Retains $8 Billion Annually, Creates 50,000 Jobs – Wabote

The implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act has created over 50,000 direct jobs in the local economy over the past 11 years, the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, has said. He stated this in Lagos during separate breakfast meetings he held with members of the Guild ...

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NCDMB to Launch US$50 Million Fund for Oil Industry Manufacturing

………Commissions ultra-modern valve assembling plant…….. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has secured approval to launch a US$50 million fund for NOGAPS Manufacturing Product Line. This fund would be dedicated to companies that would operate in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks and engage in the manufacturing of equipment components used in the oil and gas industry and ...

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Senate Seeks Explanation Over SAIPEM Breach of Local Content Law, Invites NCDMB

………by James Ikenna……. The Senate Committee on Local Content, on Wednesday, Seeks to know more of the SAIPEM breach of the Local Content law in the process of executing Train Seven project and as a result invited the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB) The invitation of NCDMB is to clarify issues over the alleged breach of local content laws ...

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NCDMB, Navy to Collaborate on Vessel Compliance, Security

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Nigerian Navy have agreed to collaborate closely to enforce the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act in maritime operations by curbing the use of non-compliant and non-categorized vessels and intercepting illegal vessels and non-compliant crew members on oil and gas locations. The two organizations would set up ...

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NCDMB Partners Butane Energy to Set- Up LPG Bottling Plants Eight Northern States

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is to partner Butane Energy Limited to Set- up LPG Bottling plants eight Northern States. The states include Kano, Kaduna, Bauchi, Zamfara, Jigawa, Gombe, Plateau, Niger and Nasarawa. The General Manager, Corporate Communications and Zonal Coordination, NCDMB, Mr. Ginah O. Ginah, disclosed this in Lagos, at the 2021 NCDMB workshop for media ...

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NCDMB to Commence R&D Roundtable Next Year, Partnering PETAN and Tony Elumelu Foundation

……by Ben Ndubuwa………..As part of efforts to deepen its focus on Research and Development (R & D), the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board ( NCDMB) is to commence R&D Roundtable with some major stakeholders next year. Apart from the annual R&D annual fair, NCDB plans to collaborate with PETAN, Tony Elumelu Foundation and the media in other to push R&D ...

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