The expatriate biometric data capture being conducted by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board at its headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State is progressing steadily.The exercise which commenced on July 2, 2013 is geared to capture the biometric details of all expatriates working in the Nigerian Oil and Gas industry and is now a condition precedent […]
The Nigerian economy lost over $100bn in five decades by allowing its crude oil to be carried exclusively by foreign owned tankers, the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Engr. Ernest Nwapa has said. Speaking on Friday at the launch of two brand new 45,000 metric tons tanker vessels-MT Abiola and MT […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board in reiterating its commitment to partner with state governments to establish Industrial Park Schemes to create job opportunities for unemployed youths and technological transfer to small and medium scale businesses as well as help these enterprises integrate and participate in industrial activities especially in the oil and gas […]
In keeping with its vision to develop Centres of Excellence to increase in-country spend for training institutes by identifying, developing and maximizing these institutions in Nigeria to meet international standards, as well as assess the gaps in order to categorize them with a view to working with foreign training entities to benchmark their capabilities, the Nigerian […]
The efforts of the Nigerian Content Board, with the advent of the NOGICD Act, in developing capacity in-country to support the construction, operation and maintenance of oil and gas industry assets in the production life cycle of service operators’ facilities has brought about a corresponding commitment on their part to justify investment in local facilities […]
The Nigerian Content initiative has provided great opportunities for allied sectors of the Nigerian economy particularly the local IT companies/OEMs to key-in on the provisions of the NOGICD Act, build capacity in-country development without compromising quality, standard and safety as well as receive a boost in line with the provisions made by the Nigerian Content Development […]
Youths in the Niger Delta region have been charged to pick up the gauntlet and take advantage of opportunities on the noble objectives of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board to develop technical capacity in the oil and gas industry through collaboration with oil and gas companies and also embark on specific projects that […]