Tag: NCDMB

Senate Committee Commends NCDMB, Pledges Support

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday in Yenagoa got the thumbs-up from the Senate Committee on Local Content and a firm assurance that the Senate would provide adequate legislative support to drive the local content development initiatives of the Board. The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Joel Onowakpo Thomas who spoke after an oversight visit on the Board facilities and projects sities within Bayelsa State commended the Board for how it has implemented its enabling statute, the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act,…

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NCDMB, NLNG, Ramp Up HCD Training As $5Billion Train 7 Project Hits 80% Completion

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited on Wednesday in Port Harcourt inaugurated 140 trainees for an intensive three-month Advanced Nigerian Content Human Capital Development (NC-HCD) Programme for the US$5 billion NLNG Train 7 Project on Bonny Island, Rivers State. The trainees, who are graduates in different academic disciplines, had completed a 12-month Basic Training Programme in diverse oil-and-gas-industry-related skill sets and are now for the on-the-job phase which includes active hands-on participation in operational areas such as Turn Around Maintenance (TAM),…

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‘What They Couldn’t Do To China,’ How Shell, Chevron, Others Exploited Nigeria’s Weak Law – Jonathan

Ganiyu Amodu

“‘Not a NASS Of Voice Votes,’ Two Third of Lawmakers Passed Nigerian Content Law When National Assembly was Vibrant,” You want to read the key things the former President said in Bayelsa venue of Champions of Nigerian Content Awards     Nigeria’s former President, Goodluck Jonathan, has declared that the Western crude oil exploration companies in Nigeria took undue advantage of the country’s weak law at the early stage of hydrocarbon search and production. Mentioning Shell, Chevron and Agip, the first president from the oil-rich Niger Delta region of the…

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ES NCDMB Pays Last Respect To Edwin Clark

Ganiyu Amodu

Felix Omatsola Ogbe, executive secretary Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), on Tuesday joined dignitaries from across the country to pay their last respect to late Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. The late elder stateman and founder of the Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF). The executive secretary was accompanied by Isaac Yalah, director Planning Research and Statistics, NCDMB, to the funeral ceremony at Kiagbodo, Ughelli South Local Government Area, Delta State, the community of the late Ijaw nationalist. The NCDMB boss described the late Clark as a staunch local content advocate,…

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Tinubu Make Four Fresh Appointments Into NCDMB Governing Council

ADEOLA YUSUF

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the nomination of four new members to the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), reinforcing the board’s capacity to drive local content growth in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry. This was contained in a statement on Thursday by Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga. The new members include Mr. Olusegun Omosehin from the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and Engr. Wole Ogunsanya of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). Also appointed are Mazi Sam…

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NCDMB Probes Sterling Oil Over Alleged Expatriate Quota Violations

ADEOLA YUSUF

. PENGASSAN President, Festus Osifo, has staged a protest at SEEPCO HQ, accusing the company of alleged anti-labour practices and expatriate abuses   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its commitment to enforcing local content laws in the oil and gas sector, following allegations of expatriate quota violations by Sterling Oil Exploration and Energy Production Company (SEEPCO). Platforms Africa reports that the President of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), Mr. Festus Osifo, recently staged a protest at SEEPCO’s headquarters in…

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A Jacksonite’s Happy Return for Annual Lecture, By Obinna Ezeobi, PhD

ADEOLA YUSUF

    As I stood on the podium at the Princess Alexandra Auditorium (PAA), the most revered venue in the University of Nigeria Nsukka (UNN), it seemed surreal for a few moments. The last time I was in the hall was 25 years ago. Back then, I was a young, lanky undergraduate, and you only step into the legendary hall during convocation ceremonies, inaugural lectures, and similar important events. At such occasions, one will be fortunate to sit or stand at any corner at the facility. But this time I…

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PETAN Proposes 1.5 Billion Dollars in-contract Awards To Indigenous Firms

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria, PETAN, wants a review of in- contract awards on Shell’s Bonga North Project to indigenous Companies Petan’s Chairman, Engr Wole Ogunsanya, made the Association’s position known in a keynote address at the on-going Sub-Saharan Africa International Conference and Exhibition (SAIPEC) in Lagos, with the theme ‘Building Africa’s Future: Advancing Local Content and Sustainable Development in the Oil & Gas Industry’. Engr. Ogunsanya, who expressed optimism about several Final Investment Decisions (FID) recently signed in Nigeria, emphasised the vital role of indigenous companies. “Our members…

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NCDMB, Julius Berger Ink N117Bn Oloibiri Museum Construction Deal

ADEOLA YUSUF

Ratio of 40:30:20:10; How Contract will be financed by the PTDF, NCDMB, SPDC/NNPC Ltd and the Bayelsa State Government   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday executed the engineering, procurement, and construction contract with Julius Berger PLC for the development of Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre (OMRC), to be located at Otuabagi, Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe executed the contract at the Board’s liaison office in Abuja, with the project construction to be delivered within 30…

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NCDMB Earmarks N15bn, Ups Single Obligor Limit For Contractors Financing Scheme To N100m

ADEOLA YUSUF

“26% in 2016 to 56% by 2024,” Felix Omatsola Ogbe lists achievements, admonishes increase for ‘spirit of collaboration and resilience that has brought us this far.’   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has earmarked N15 billion funding for Community Contractors Financing Scheme as it scaled up single obligor limit for the initiative from N20 million to N100 million. Platforms Africa reports that the initiative addresses a critical challenge faced by local contractors’ limited access to funding for contracts awarded by oil and gas companies. Executive Secretary of…

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