NCDMB’s 204 room Radisson Hotel and Conference center ready by December
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) is working with key private sector partners to commission a 204-room hotel and conference center near its headquarters in Yenegoa, Bayelsa State. The agency which is currently developing capacity for…
NCDMB deploys technical team to enforce NCD law in downstream oil sector
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has deployed a five-directorate technical team to deepen compliance enforcement in Nigeria’s downstream petroleum industry, warning operators to fully comply with the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD)…
NCDMB says capacity building targets full industry ecosystem
Builds health sector capacity with hi-tech equipment, simulators at BMU Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has declared that capacity building in the energy sector is conceived to create an enabling ecosystem that enhances optimization, operability…
NCDF: FG warns oil firms, contractors of non-compliance consequences
Defaulters deny themselves all regulatory support Sopuruchi Onwuka Players in the upstream petroleum industry who fail to make mandatory legal payments into designated accounts of the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF) might lose their entitlement to all regulatory support and…
WIEN wants women capacity integrated into upstream growth strategy
Sopuruchi Onwuka As Nigeria intensifies efforts to raise crude oil production and attract fresh upstream investment, the Women in Energy Network (WIEN) is calling for deliberate policy reforms to ensure women-led exploration, production, and oilfield service companies are not excluded…
NCDMB demands collaboration on African local content policy
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, FNSE, has emphasized that collaboration remains the most critical factor in achieving effective local content policy implementation across Africa’s energy sector. Speaking…
AfCFTA can push local capacity to continental markets __Ogbe
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Ogbe, has said that effective implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in the oil and gas industry will be critical to unlocking Africa’s…
NCDMB-ACFTA Summit: Stakeholders demand free movement, harmonized policies
Sopuruchi Onwuka Investors and stakeholders in Africa’s petroleum and allied industries on Monday urged governments across the continent to ease cross-border movement of goods and services to enable businesses fully realize the objectives of the African Continental Free Trade Area…
NCDMB pledges enduring support for APPO, Africa Energy Bank
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has reaffirmed its strong support to the African Petroleum Producers Organization (APPO) and its newly established financial institution – the Africa Energy Bank (AEB). The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola…
NCDMB webinar creates pathway to $3.4trn African energy market
Sopuruchi Onwuka The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has outlined a practical pathway for positioning Nigeria’s energy sector to access the $3.4 trillion African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) market, following a strategic webinar focused on meeting rules-of-origin…
