Engr. Felix Ogbe, ES NCDMB
…Board aims at improving human capacity of indigenes of oil and gas host communities.
The Executive Secretary (ES) of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Engr. Felix Ogbe, pointed out clearly that the Board has achieved 56 percent local content level in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
The ES disclosed this at the opening of the 13th Practical Nigerian Content Forum held in Bayelsa.
According to the NCDMB helmsman, efforts have been intensified to realize a 70 per cent local content level by 2027, adding that the country’s content transited from 20 percent in 2016 to 56 percent in 2024.
Ogbe assured that the Board remains committed to its program, Back to the Creek initiative, aimed at improving the human capacity of indigenes of oil and gas host communities including scholarships award for high educations learning.
The Board is also committed to establishing a Revised Community Contractor fund to remove obstacles for community contractors as well as the establishment of Nigerian Content Academy in order to enhance the capacity of local operators.
He stated that the academy, resident at the NCDMB headquarters in Bayelsa State offers a range of courses while assuring that the Board would build befitting Zonal Offices in Akwa Ibom State, Rivers State and Delta State.
He said: “This academy is a cornerstone of our commitment to enhancing local capacity in the oil and gas industry, in line with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act of 2010.
“The Nigerian Content Academy is also a beacon of hope for employment. Our training programs are designed to prepare Nigerians for various roles within the sector, opening doors to new career paths and economic opportunities for local communities.
“Our academy offers a range of courses that cover every aspect of the oil and gas industry, from upstream exploration to downstream processing.”
“As part of our commitment to further deepen Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry, we are committing to developing more conducive and befitting Zonal Offices.
“This will enable us to deploy our personnel across various Directorates to operate fully from our Zonal offices thereby making the Zonal offices to be fully operational.”
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