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NCDMB, Key Agencies Collaborate on NOGICD Act Enforcement
In a bid to drive compliance and enforcement of the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) recently held a workshop for law…
NCDMB Emerges Third Most Transparent, Efficient MDA in Nigeria
…Also Ranked ‘Most Improved MDA in Nigeria'
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB, has emergy the third most transparent and efficient Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDA, in Nigeria.
The Board…
Uniport Student Wins 2020 Nigerian Content Essay Competition, Smiles Home with N1m
A second-year smtudent of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Mr Abasiekeme Edet has emerged the overall winner of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Annual National…
AfCFTA Success Depends on Manufacturing, Value-Addition – Dr Osafo-Maafo
The success of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) depends on every African country having something to trade to the rest of the continent, Ghanaian Senior Minister, Dr Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has said.
Speaking at the opening…
NCDMB Trains 30 Graduates on Marine Survey
Thirty graduates have commenced post-graduate diploma programme on marine survey under the sponsorship of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
The programme will equip participants with techniques to measure…
Technical Education key to National Development – Wabote
The Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr Simbi Kesiye Wabote has reiterated the need for government and other stakeholders in the oil and gas industry to support technical education in…
NCDMB Commends Total, PCN on Ikike Line Pipe Coating Project
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) on Tuesday commended Total Exploration and Production Nigeria (TEPNG) and Pipe Coaters Nigeria (PCN) Limited for the local content strides being recorded on the Total Ikike Line…
NCDMB, NITDA to Set Up Committee on Local Content Development in Oil, Gas
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA) have agreed to set up a joint committee to boost local content development.
NCDMB made this known in a…
NCDMB Commences ASNT Level III Training, Certification in Nigeria
The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote has flagged off the training of 30 Trainees for the maiden American Society for Non-Destructive Testing, (ASNT) Level III…
Local Content: NNPC Advocates Capacity Upgrade for Indigenous Operators
The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) has called on indigenous companies operating in the nation’s oil and gas sector to upscale their capacity for global competitiveness.
This, the corporation said will enable Nigeria to…
NOGTECH: 5 Winners Emerge, Get US$50,000 for Product Development
Five innovative teams were selected on Saturday as the winners of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) Hackathon sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB).
The teams are Fuel Intellisense,…
Nigeria Must Strengthen Local Content to Achieve Economic Growth – Lawan
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said for Nigeria to experience exponential growth in the economy, efforts must be made to strengthen the country’s local content capacities particularly against the backdrop of realities that are…
NOGTECH: 3-Day Hackathon Begins, 5 Teams to Get US$10,000 Grant
The Nigerian Oil and Gas Technology (NOGTECH) sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) will enter the 3-day hackathon stage from Thursday, September 17 in Lagos, with 15 teams contesting for the…
FG Applauds Waltersmith, NCDMB on Completion of 5000bpd Modular Refinery
The Federal Government has applauded Waltersmith Petroman Oil Limited and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for the record completion of the Waltersmith 5000 barrels per day modular refinery within two years.
…
NCDMB, Waltersmith Host Min of Information at Ibigwe Modular Refinery
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in collaboration with Waltersmith Petroleum Oil Limited, will on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, host the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture, Alhalji Lai Mohammed at…
Senate President Flags Off NCDMB’s GSM Training for 1,000 Yobe Youths
The Senate President, Dr Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan, Thursday opened the training sponsored by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) for 1,000 youths from Yobe State on GSM phone repairs, hardware, software, and…
Local Content Saves Nigeria US$2bn on LNG Train 7
The pragmatic implementation of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act has saved Nigeria the sum of US$2bn in the Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for Nigeria LNG Train 7 Project.
The…
NCDMB, ITF Train 255 Youths in Vocational Skills
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has partnered the Industrial Training Fund (ITF) to train 255 Nigerian youths in nine vocational skills.
The Board in a statement said the six months training programme,…
Local Content: Enabler of Africa’s Economic Recovery – African Energy Chamber’s Committee
The African Energy Chamber’s Local Content Committee has reiterated the crucial place of local content development in Africa’s economic recovery.
The Chamber in its first meeting with the Local Content Committee on Tuesday, said local…
Sylva Unveils NCDMB Gas Hub in Bayelsa
The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Chief Timipre Sylva on has unveiled the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) Gas Hub.
He also performed the groundbreaking ceremony of Rungas LPG Composite Cylinder…