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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Presidential Amnesty Programme have begun to work together towards creating employment opportunities in the Oil and Gas Industry for ex-militants who have undergone specialized training programmes. The Executive Secretary, NCDMB, Engr. Ernest Nwapa and the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Mr. Kingsley Kuku confirmed this …

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Two years after the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act became operative, over 30,862 jobs have, so far, been created, according to the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board. Responding to enquiries from our correspondent on Tuesday, NCDMB said the figure covered the period between 2010 and December 31, 2012. For marine vessels …

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Bayelsa State Governor, Mr. Seriake Dickson, on Wednesday called for the expansion of the boundaries of Nigeria’s local content law to give more business opportunities to residents of oil-producing communities. Dickson, while speaking with journalists at the Nigeria Oil and Gas Strategic Conference in Abuja, said the impact of the law on those it was …

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The newly appointed Minister of Power, Professor Chinedu Nebo has assured that with the review and reversal of the original roadmap of the power sector developed in 2010, the Ministry will produce data which are consistent with the current and future challenges in the sector as well as tackle most of the ensuing technical challenges. …

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