…Revamps N50bn Community Contractors Fund The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has pledged its full commitment to implementing the recently introduced “Nigeria First” policy, a key directive of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration aimed at boosting local production and patronage of locally made goods and services, reducing dependence on imported items. The Executive Secretary of NCDMB, […]

At the NOG Energy Week in Abuja, industry leaders robustly defended Nigeria’s local content policy, rejecting claims that it inflates business costs in the oil and gas sector. They cautioned that such criticisms jeopardize the nation’s industrial progress and lauded the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for its pivotal role in building indigenous […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has pledged its full support to ensure that world-class safety boots being manufactured by Yikodeen Company Limited are utilised in-country. Yikodeen inaugurated on Tuesday its expanded safety footwear manufacturing plant in Ejigbo, Lagos State, a 120,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art facility capable of producing 5,000 pairs of safety boots per day. […]

The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Tuesday in Port Harcourt commended Heritage Energy Operational Services Limited (HEOSL) for its project-based human capital development programmes, which are in alignment with the objectives of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content (NOGICD) Act, 2010. Speaking at […]

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemical Company on Tuesday inaugurated a Joint Technical Committee (JTC) aimed at advancing local content implementation during the operational phase of the 650,000 barrels per day refinery plant.  The inauguration ceremony which took place on Tuesday at the Dangote Free Trade […]

Construction work at the long-awaited Oloibiri Museum and Research Centre (OMPRC), Otuabagi, in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State is set to begin as the project promoters on Tuesday handed over the project site to Messers Julius Berger Plc, a renowned construction company, at a well-attended ceremony at the Otuabagi community town hall.   The […]

Senate Committee Commends NCDMB, Pledges Support  The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday in Yenagoa got the thumbs-up from the Senate Committee on Local Content and a firm assurance that the Senate would provide adequate legislative support to drive the local content development initiatives of the Board.  The Chairman of the Committee, Senator Joel Onowakpo […]