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The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has applauded indigenous companies in Nigeria for actualizing the local content policy of the Federal Government as enshrined in the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, NOGICD Act 2010.
The General Manager, Corporate Communications, NCDMB, Dr Obinna Ezeobi, who stated this during a media tour of indigenous companies, including Bunorr Integrated Energy Limited, Marconi EPC Ltd, and PE Energy, stated that the success stories of the Nigerian-owned firms reflect the impact of the Federal Government’s local content policy.
Ezeobi, who stressed that the media tour was to provide journalists with first-hand information on practical oil and gas activities, assured that NCDMB would continue to build the capacity of media practitioners.
‘’As we showcase the companies, we are achieving our mandate as set out in Sections 67 and 70 (n) of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act.” These Sections mandate the NCDMB to promote Nigerian Content through communication and stakeholder engagement, and also outline the Board’s functions, which include capacity building.
He explained that media practitioners are critical stakeholders in the implementation of the NOGICD Act. According to him,
“We want the media to better understand how the oil and gas industry works; we want to deepen our relationship, and to build the capacity of media stakeholders in reportage.”
He also noted that the NCDMB had established sustainable relationships with media stakeholders in different parts of the Country, and organizes annual engagements in Port Harcourt, Lagos, and Abuja.’’
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Chief Executive Officer of Marconi, Mr. Gian Fabio Del Cioppo, explained that the company’s yard covers more than 1,000,000 square meters, includes a 330-meter jetty, and has the capacity to fabricate over 25,000 tons of heavy structures per year. He added that the facility is one of the leading yards in the country with assets and organisational capability to execute fabrication and other services for complex capital EPC projects, both onshore and offshore.
He emphasised that the company possesses the equipment, technical capacity, legacy, and human capabilities to deliver the highest quality of work in the industry at competitive costs and schedule, aligned with the Presidential Directives on Local Content and the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010.
He appealed to the Government and oil industry stakeholders to be steadfast with the implementation of the NOGICD Act, insisting that Marconi is well-positioned to support national goals, while contributing significantly to job creation and economic growth.
He underscored the benefits of local content to the economy and urged the government to resist pressures to roll back the progress that had been achieved in local content implementation in the last 15 years.
Conducting the journalists round the facility, Nigerian Content Manager of Marconi, Dr. David Editang, explained that the facility has the capacity to fabricate, store, and load out completed project structures through three of its jetties.
He said the facility has played a significant role in the execution and construction of several notable projects in the past, including Egina, Usan, Akpo, Train 7, among many others.
