SAIPEM Tasks Stakeholders On Content Dev

The management  of SAIPEM  IGPES has called  for greater collaboration and synergy among relevant stakeholders, particularly in the oil and gas sector to consolidate the gains so far recorded in the implementation of the Nigeria Content Development Policies.
The  company also declared that it has a target of 100% compliance to the  Nigeria Content Development mandate, adding that it is ready to partner with the Nigeria Content Development  Monitoring Board to achieve the objectives.
Speaking with The Tide in an interview in Port Harcourt recently, the Project Manager( IKD1) of SAIPEM, Giovanni Lattanzi said the company has recorded tremendous growth in the implementation of the Nigeria Content Development Policies,  particularly in fabrication, construction engineering, design and procurement.
The project manager who was speaking on the  Ikike Project First Steel Cutting  event recently, held at the premises of SAIPEM in collaboration with other stakeholders, described the project as challenging in context, and called for effective implementation of the project.
He said SAIPEM had demonstrated “capabilities beyond the offshore sector, and has made conscious efforts to develop human capital in every project embarked upon”.
Apart from the Ikike project, he said SAIPEM was also involved in the Egina project and has the biggest fabrication yard in Africa.
Lattanzi said SAIPEM was also involved in the construction of over 1000km of pipe lines covering the Niger Delta and Northern Nigeria.
He further disclosed that the company was poised to partner with relevant stakeholders, such as the Nigeria Content Development Monitoring Board in the implementation of the Nigeria content development policies and projects management.

By: Taneh Beemene