Senate Committee lauds NCDMB for advancing local content in oil and gas sector
Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has been commended for its ongoing efforts to deepen local participation in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
The Senate Committee on Local Content Vice Chairman, Sen. Ede Dafinone, (APC-Delta Central), made the commendation at the conclusion of a two-day oversight visit to the NCDMB headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa. Members of the committee undertook a tour of the Board’s flagship project, the nearly completed Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) during the visit.
It is located at Emeyal 1 in Ogbia Local Government Area, already being occupied.
Dafinone expressed satisfaction with the board’s progress and said the committee was impressed not only by the physical infrastructure but also by the wide range of capacity-building programmes implemented by it for the benefit of Nigerians.
“This is the first oversight visit of the 10th Senate to the NCDMB. We had time with the Executive Secretary (ES) and his team to understand what they do and the results we’re seeing for Nigerians.
“I have to say we are impressed. The industrial park is nearly finished and already being occupied.
“But beyond the physical structures, the NCDMB’s work extends to training and human capacity development programmes that are crucial to the sector and to our national development.”
