Month: August 2021

500 Bauchi Youths Graduate from NCDMB GSM Training

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has successfully completed the training of 500 Bauchi State youths in GSM phone repairs, hardware, software & entrepreneurship development under its Youth Empowerment Programme. The training is the fifth in the series, having conducted similar interventions in Kano, Kaduna, Cross River and Yobe States which had impacted about 2,900 youths. Speaking at the closing ceremony held recently in Bauchi, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote indicated that the Board conducted the training as part of its mandate and in…

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“NCDMB WOULD BE THE BEST GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN THE COUNTRY”- WABOTE

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is striving to become the best federal agency in terms of service delivery in the nearest future, the Executive Secretary, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has said. He spoke recently after he signed the NCDMB SERVICOM Service charter at the Board’s headquarters in Yenagoa in presence of senior official of the SERVICOM office. He mentioned that the Board is passionate about service delivery, and this is evident in the diligent and professional way the staff discharge their statutory responsibilities to the oil and…

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NCDMB, NNPC invest in N10.5bn Brass Petroleum Products Terminal

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation and ZED Energy Limited on Friday in Abuja signed shareholders agreement on the construction of Brass Petroleum Products Terminal Limited (BPPT), to be located at Okpoama, Brass Local Government Area, Bayelsa State. The estimated cost of the project is N10.5bn (Ten Billion, Five Hundred Million Naira). NCDMB and NNPC own 30 percent respectively while ZED Energy – a private firm holds 40 percent and would operate the terminal upon completion. The terminal would make refined petroleum products…

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NCDMB approves 4 firms for barites supply in oil and gas operations

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has approved four firms for the supply of Barites required for any drilling project or contract in the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The four Barites processors are Nishan industries Limited located in Port Harcourt, Rivers State; Delta Prospectors Limited in Lafia, Nasarawa State; Ana Industries Limited in Port Harcourt, Rivers State and Baker Hughes Company Limited at Onne, Port, Rivers State. The NCDMB released the list in its “Public Notice on Procurement of Barites for Oil and Gas Projects,” signed by…

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Nigeria, African Oil Producers Canvass Regional Investments, New Climate Change Deal

ADEOLA YUSUF

The maiden edition of the African Local Content Roundtable ended on Friday at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, with a strong push by Nigeria and other members of the African Petroleum Producers Association (APPO) to develop regional oil and gas investments and renegotiate the COP-21 Climate Change Agreement which is driving the accelerated move by developed countries to disuse fossil fuels (oil and gas) as the preferred source of energy for transportation and embrace renewable sources. The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva delivered…

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Sylva Commissions UNICORN Incubation Campus

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on Tuesday in Lagos commissioned the UNICORN Incubation Campus, reputed to be Africa’s largest incubation campus, with the mission to prepare and equip Nigerian youths in the application of science, technology, and innovation to create home-grown business solutions to everyday problems in the different sectors of the Nigerian economy. He lauded the company for investing in youth development and skill acquisition as opposed to other sectors of the economy that would probably yield higher return on investments. The Executive Secretary,…

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Chemical industry key to industrialization- Wabote

ADEOLA YUSUF

Chemical industry key to industrialization- Wabote The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has underscored the importance of a vibrant chemical industry to achieving sustainable development of any nation. He made this assertion in Lagos during the recent commissioning of Pacegate Energy & Resources Limited (PEARL)’s Chemical Solutions Manufacturing Plant. Wabote who was represented at the event by the General Manager, Project, Certification & Authorization Division of the Board, Engr. Paul Zuhumben commended the company for investing heavily in the 12,900 metric tonnes…

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FUTO, UniJos, others emerge regional finalists in NCST Innovation Challenge

ADEOLA YUSUF

Teams from six universities have emerged among the six finalists in the first-ever Nigerian Content Science and Technology Innovation Challenge (STIC) sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). The six winners – two from each region include University of Jos and the Federal University of Agriculture, Makurdi, for the Northern region; the Cross River University of Technology and Federal University of Technology, Owerri for the Eastern/Southern region; and for the western region, Tai Solarin University of Education and Anchor University, Lagos. The successful teams emerged from the…

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NCDMB tasks OGTAN on Categorization, Employment

ADEOLA YUSUF

The new leadership of the Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN) have been challenged to take the association to greater heights through the categorization of members’ capabilities and identification of niche areas in the oil and gas industry with high employment opportunities. The Executive Secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote gave the charge recently when he received the new executive of OGTAN led by the President, Chief Mazi Sam Azoka Onyechi at the Board’s headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. He acknowledged that…

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NNPC, CMEC, GE ink multi-million dollars power deal

ADEOLA YUSUF

The deal is to provide an emergency power to Maiduguri, Northeast Nigeria, after series of bombing by Boko Haram insurgents disconnected the city from the national grid.   A significant step towards redeeming the pledge by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to intervene in the perennial electric power supply challenge in Maiduguri, Borno State, was taken Tuesday with the execution of the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) and Equipment Procurement contracts for an Emergency Power Project in Maiduguri. Platforms Africa reports that the deal is to provide an emergency…

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