Tag: NCDMB

NCDMB Co-Chair, Ekpo, Meets ES, Pledges Support For Local Content Programmes

Ganiyu Amodu

The Co-Chair of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Gas), Hon. Ekperikpe Ekpo on Thursday in Abuja received in audience the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe. The meeting provided an opportunity for the Executive Secretary and the Board’s top management to brief the Minister on the agency’s mandate, activities and initiatives. The presentation dwelt extensively on the Board’s third-party investments, over 60% of which are gas based. The NCDMB team informed the minister that…

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Why We Appointed Gas Minister As NCDMB Governing Council Co-Chair – Tinubu

Ganiyu Amodu

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given reasons he appointed the minister of state for petroleum resources (gas), Ekperikpe Ekpo, as co-chairman, Co-Chairman of the Governing Council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB). Platforms Africa reports that before Ekpo’s appointment, his counterpart at the oil minister, Heineken Lokpobiri, has been the sole chairman of the council. Confirming Ekpo’s appointment, the President said through a statement issued by his aide that the appointment was “in line with his avowed commitment to establish a more efficient, targeted, and consistent approval…

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Ogbe Assumes Office As Exec Sec NCDMB, Tasks Staff on Results

Precious Ibekwe

Ogbe You Don’t Know: NCDMB publishes official profile of new ES + PHOTOS   The newly appointed Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has assumed office and held his first official meeting with the Directors and management of the Board. Platforms Africa reports that Ogbe was appointed on Thursday by President Bola Tinubu, replacing Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, who had served for seven and half years in office. READ ALSO: BREAKING: Senate President Akpabio Slumps, Hospitalised BREAKING: NNPC’s Ex- GMD Is…

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Nigeria Rejects 328 Expatriate Requests From Oil Firms In 12 Months

ADEOLA YUSUF

NCDMB hits 83% 10-year roadmap target, gives reasons oil firms’ expatriate applications surge by 359 in one year   The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has rejected 328 expatriate applications from oil firms just as it hits 83 per cent of its 10-tear roadmap target Platforms Africa reports that the Manager of strategy at the NCDMB, Mr. Olubisi Okunola, who reeled out these data at the capacity building workshop for media stakeholders in Lagos, maintained that the board received more applications for expatriates quota increase in 2023 than…

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NCDMB, SLB Partner Varsities For Oil Industry’s Software Solutions

Abibat Babalola

L-R: Director, Planning, Research and Statistics, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB); Mr. Abdulmalik Halilu; Group Managing Director, West Africa, SLB, Mr. Sops Ideriah and Executive Secretary, NCDMB Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, at the unveiling ceremony of NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP) in Lagos, Nigeria. The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and SLB, a global technology company on Tuesday in Lagos unveiled the first three products of their joint program, the NCDMB-SLB Technology Enhancement Program (N-STEP), a platform whereby students of higher institutions develop software plugins for…

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NCDMB Boss Commissions Genesis Academy, Lauds Firm For Creating 2500 Jobs

Ganiyu Amodu

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, on Thursday commissioned the corporate Head Office and Training Academy of the hospitality conglomerate, Genesis Group Limited, in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The NCDMB boss lauded the firm for being the leading provider of catering services for major oil and gas companies in the country and employing over 2,500 persons across its various operations. The firm’s footprints include operating seven standard hotels across the nation, managing 30 restaurants in eight states and operating 12…

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NCDMB Trains 500 Youths In Solar Power Installation, Maintenance In Cross River State

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has successfully trained 500 youths in Cross River State on solar power installation and maintenance, with the training taking place in three locations: Calabar, Bekearra and Ogoja, making a significant contribution to the country’s sustainable energy sector. Abdulmalik Halilu, Director, NCDMB, Planning, Research and Statistics, in his comment at the closing ceremony on Friday, hinted that the Board initiated the programme to create employment opportunities in the country, generate wealth and empower the youths to contribute to the economy of the nation.…

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NCDMB, Waltersmith Refinery,Partner On Graduate Retraining

Abibat Babalola

A 12-month Nigerian Content NC-Remedial Training Programme for young university graduates kicked off on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, with 29 trainees expected to focus on general skill sets and specialised skill sets that would fit them for oil and gas industry operations. Organised by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in conjunction with Waltersmith Refining and Petrochemical Company Limited, the programme would introduce the participants to Entrepreneurship, Health Safety at Work, Information and Communication Technology (ICT), and Engineering Materials, under the general skill sets. These are…

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Nigeria Crashes Oil Contract Cycle To 180 Days, NCDMB, NNPC, IOCs Seal Deal

Abibat Babalola

With the goal of quickly ramping up Nigeria’s flagging crude oil production, ensuring compliance with the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act, and timely approvals of documents, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Monday in Abuja signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) cum Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd (NNPC Ltd) and five international oil-producing companies. The SLA was conceptualised by the NCDMB and is intended to optimize the contracting cycle in the oil and gas industry and spur the speedy development…

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NCDMB, BOI Ink Amendment of MoU on $50m NOGaPS Manufacturing Fund

ADEOLA YUSUF

. Angola, Namibia to replicate funding model The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Bank of Industry (BoI) have signed an amendment to the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on the $50million NOGaPS Manufacturing Fund. The Fund was created by the NCDMB and domiciled with BoI to attract oil and gas equipment manufacturers to the Nigerian Oil and Gas Parks Scheme (NOGaPS) facilities established by the NCDMB, and increase access to affordable finance by the manufacturing entities. The signing of the amended MoU took place in Lagos on…

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