The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Thursday achieved a much-needed consensus among critical oil and gas industry stakeholders and manufacturers to ramp up in-country production and utilisationof line pipes in oil and gas operations, as part of the strategy to deepen local content, and conserve foreign exchange and create jobs. The Oil Producers Trade Section (OPTS), comprising all international oil companies, […]
…Executive Orders lead to 4 FIDS. The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, on Tuesday in Abuja charged oil and gas industry stakeholders in Africa to institute an Africa-wide local content framework that harmonisespolicies and fosters cross-border partnerships. He said such a framework would allow African nations to leverage collective strengths for mutual prosperity, while emphasising that “local content is not just a […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the African Petroleum Producers’ Organisation(APPO) have recommitted their partnership towards establishing African centres of excellence in local content development. Both organisations also encouraged African petroleum producing countries to develop specialised capacities in core services in oil and gas industry, and patronise and partner one another in their areas of expertise. These discussions took place on Thursday when the Secretary General of APPO, Dr. Omar Farouk Ibrahim visited the Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content […]
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe on Monday visited the facilities of Samsung Heavy Industries Nigeria (SHIN), and Africoat Nigeria Limited, a pipe coating plant, located at Takwa Bay,Lagos. The visit is consistent with Ogbe’s determination to assess oil and gas facilities across the country as a prelude for their participation in ongoing and upcoming major oil […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and Starzs Gas Limited were upbeat about growth prospects of Nigeria’s gas subsector and the potential boost to industrialisation as the groundbreaking ceremony for a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Mother Station got underway in Iwhreken, Ughelli South, Delta State, on Thursday. Speaking at the event, the Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, represented by the General Manager, […]
*NCDMB Observes the Highest Standards of Accountability, Transparency, and due Process in ts Operations The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) wishes to firmly and unequivocally rebut the false, malicious, and misleading publication by Sahara Reporters on February 12, 2025, titled – EXCLUSIVE: NIGERIAN CONTENT BOARD NCDMB BOSS OGBE SPENDS N7 BILLION ON CONSULTANCY, […]
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Wednesday donated a fully equipped Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Centre to the Community Secondary School, Sangana-Akassa in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. The Centre consists of 31 units of desktop computers (with a one-year Internet subscription), servers, a Wowbii Interactive Board (which makes it possible for lessons to be taught […]