Tag: NCDMB

NCDMB Shares Local Content Experiences With Uganda Energy Officials

ADEOLA YUSUF

Key officials of the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC) on Monday began a working visit to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), stating that they were here to learn and that their country stands to gain substantially from Nigeria’s experience in local content development. Welcoming the four-member UNOC delegation at a meeting at the Nigerian Content Tower, Corporate Headquarters of the NCDMB, Swali, Yenagoa, the Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, Alhaji Abdulmalik Halilu, said the visit would open up new vistas for mutually beneficial collaboration in oil and gas…

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NCDMB Plans Changes To Enhance Nigerian Content Fund

ADEOLA YUSUF

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) plans to introduce some changes that will enhance the Nigerian Content Intervention (NCI) Fund and increase the fund’s impact and efficiency. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omotsola Ogbe hinted at the changes at the quarterly engagement forum held with the Bank of Industry (BoI), custodians of the fund on Monday in Lagos. Commenting on the performance of the Fund, the Executive Secretary confirmed that the NCI Fund has since its inception played a…

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Bristow Helicopters, NCDMB Mull Ties On Search, Rescue Operations

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The Management of Bristow Helicopters recently visited the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and proposed to partner closely with the Board on initiatives such as the establishment of a centre of excellence in the aviation sector, commencement of a search and rescue service and the introduction of light-wing aircrafts into the Nigerian oil and gas industry. The Managing Director of Bristow Helicopters Nigeria, Mr. Oladapo Oyeleke led the company’s team that met with the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe at the Board’s headquarters in…

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NCDMB Exec Sec Visits Pipe Coating Firms, Pledges Support For Local Capacities

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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reassured oil and gas stakeholders that service companies and other manufacturers that have established capacities in the country will continue to enjoy patronage through the award of contracts from operating companies in the sector. The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe made this commitment on Friday in Port Harcourt, Rivers State when he led officials of the Board and Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) to visit companies that deliver pipe coating and related services. The team visited Brightwaters…

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

ADEOLA YUSUF

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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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