The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board has said African countries are studying its local content model to set up theirs.
The board stated this recently while hosting a delegation from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation on a benchmarking and knowledge-sharing visit aimed at deepening Ghana’s understanding of Nigeria’s local content development framework.
The delegation, led by the Director of Corporate Affairs at GNPC, Mr Eric Pwadura, was received at the NCDMB headquarters in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
In a release, the General Manager, Corporate Communications Division of NCDMB, Dr Obinna Ezeobi, said Nigeria and Ghana had enjoyed long-standing cooperation in the energy sector and that the board had continued to support peer learning across Africa.
Welcoming the team, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Felix Ogbe, said Africa’s hydrocarbon endowment places a responsibility on producing countries to prioritise local content development and reduce dependence on foreign technology.
He said, “Africa has
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