Tag: NCDMB

NCDMB, NAICOM Lead Confab On Oil, Insurance Local Content Synergy

Ganiyu Amodu

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has accepted to lead discussion at the 2023 National Conference on Building Local Content Synergy between the Insurance Industry and Oil and Gas Sector. Platforms Africa reports that the Executive Secretary of the Board, Simbi Kesiye Wabote, who has, according to a statement, confirmed NCDMB’s participation, has also accepted to be the Guest speaker at the conference being organized by STANMEG Communications, publishers of Oriental News Nigeria Online. The conference is bringing key stakeholders and regulatory agencies in both the oil and…

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NCDMB, BOI Launch $50m Fund for Oil Industry Manufacturing

ADEOLA YUSUF

  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Bank of Industry on Wednesday in Lagos launched a $US50 million dollars fund for NOGAPS Manufacturing Product Line. The fund is to incentivize 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 linkage sectors. Speaking at the signing, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote mentioned that the fund would support oil and gas companies that would operate in the…

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Imo Varsity Awards Wabote Doctor of Science, Celebrates Accomplishments

ADEOLA YUSUF

For his excellent contributions to the growth and transformation of the Nigerian oil and gas industry and the towering leadership he has provided for the development of local content in Nigeria and Africa, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote, was on Saturday conferred with a Doctor of Science degree, honoris causa at the 8th convocation of the Imo State University, Owerri. The award was received on his behalf by the Director, Planning, Research and Statistics,NCDMB, Mr. Patrick Daziba Obah, who dedicated…

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Wabote Emerges Leadership Local Content champion Of The Year

ADEOLA YUSUF

NCI fund the most performing funding scheme SIMBI Kesiye Wabote, executive secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has been selected as the recipient of the Leadership Local Content Champion of the Year Award by the Board of Editors of the Leadership Group Limited. The award will be conferred on the him  at the 14th edition of the Leadership Conference and Awards scheduled for Tuesday, January 31, in Abuja. The event is expected to be chaired by Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, and the guest speaker is Uhuru Kenyatta, the immediate past…

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BREAKING: Nigeria’s Oil Production Hits 1.59m Barrels Daily

ADEOLA YUSUF

. How country left 30 Year-Low Output Region with 653,000 bopd production surge – Bala Wunti   Nigeria’s oil production on Tuesday hit 1.59 million barrels per day, from 937, 000 barrels per day it was as at September. Chief Upstream Investment Officer (CUIO), NNPC Upstream Investment Management Services (NUIMS), Bala Wunti, who declared this at the 11th Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) forum in Uyo, Akwa-Ibom state, maintained that the output increase was a result of the government’s rectangular approach to the fight against crude oil theft. Fielding a question…

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NCDMB, NLNG, Shell, Others For 11th Practical Nigerian Content Forum Dec 5

ADEOLA YUSUF

Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board The 11th Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum driven by the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will take place in-person from December 5-8, 2022 in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. It is noteworthy that 11 years on from the enactment of the NOGICD Act, many strides have been made in developing domestic capacity that has spurred new business activity and retained wealth in the country. The Practical Nigerian Content Forum will welcome you back to celebrate 11 years of the Nigerian Content Achievements and…

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100 Nigerian Youths Trained On Pre-Paid Meters Assembly, Installation – NCDMB

Efe Wellington

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Femadec Energy Ltd have commenced the training of 100 youths on industrial assembly and installation of pre-paid meters. The kick-off ceremony of one month-long training was held recently at the Femadec Yard, Lagos. Speaking at the event, the General Manager, Capacity Building Division, NCDMB, Dr. Ama Ikuru hinted that the Board’s partnership with Femadec Energy Limited created a good opportunity for the training and employment of Nigerian youths, which is consistent with the 60:20:20 human capital development policy of the Board.…

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Wabote Commissions Grephil Nuts & Bolts Factory In Port Harcourt

Efe Wellington

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote on Monday commissioned Grephil International Limited’s factory in Port Harcourt Rivers State, which will manufacture bolts, nuts, fittings, flanges and carry out valve calibration, sand blasting, and related services. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary commended the company for expanding its operations beyond the oil and gas industry and delivering services to customers in the petrochemical, power and manufacturing industries. He expressed delight that capacities and capabilities that were developed in the oil…

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NCDMB, ICPC Inaugurate New Anti-Corruption Unit

Efe Wellington

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have inaugurated a six-man Anti-Corruption and Transparency Unit (ACTU) committee at the Nigerian Content Tower in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. The Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote in his welcome address commended the Chairman of ICPC, Professor Bolaji Owansanoye, SAN, for sustaining the laudable initiative of extending the anti-corruption and transparency crusade to Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs)s by creating the Anti-Corruption and Transparency Units (ACTUs) in each organization.…

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Oil And Gas Rediscovered: The Prospector, NCDMB, By Esueme Dan Kikile

Esueme Dan Kikile

A beneath-the-surface look into the six years of Engr Simbi Wabote’s appointment as the Executive Secretary of NCDMB   Twelve years of strategic planning and creative deployment of regulatory powers at the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board have literally reinvented Nigeria’s oil and gas industry to a degree that national aspirations, for decades elusive, have suddenly become realisable. Those aspirations, consecrated by evidence of how Middle Eastern countries with similar resource endowments got transformed almost overnight, derived from general consciousness of the possibilities for diversification of the nation’s productive…

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