Niger Delta
Yenagoa Hosts Nigerian Content Consultative Forum
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has concluded plans to host the 2010 edition of the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (NCCF) in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State.
A statement in Abuja last Saturday by the Public Affairs Officer of the Board, Mr Obinna Ezeobi, said the event would hold between Nov. 29 and November 30.
According to the statement, the theme of the event is: “The Nigerian Content Act: Building Capacities and Enhancing Opportunities.”
It stated that the forum was the first edition after President Goodluck Jonathan signed the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act into law on April 22.
“NCCF 2010 will be the first Oil and Gas Conference and Exhibition to be held in Bayelsa, the home state of Oloibiri, where commercial oil was first discovered in Nigeria in 1956,” the statement added.
It explained that the forum was in line with the Board’s mandate to open up the industry to Nigerians in its strategy of integrating oil producing communities into the operations of industry.
The community segment of the forum is targeted at Niger Delta residents.
It will help to interpret the provisions of the Nigerian Content Act to the people and discuss how small scale enterprises and residents of the region could key into the industry.
The statement quoted the Executive Secretary of the Board, Engr. Ernest Nwapa as saying that the conference would focus on sharing information on ways to build capacities.
It explained that building the capacities would enable Nigerians to take full advantage of opportunities available in the oil and gas industry through implementation of the Nigerian Content Act.
He expressed the hope that the event would provide the platform to facilitate the participation of stakeholders interested in the industry.
NCCF was first inaugurated in April 2005 by the Nigerian Content Division of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC).
It is a platform meant to provide effective collaboration between NNPC joint venture partners, international and indigenous oil companies, service providers, regulatory agencies and other key industry stakeholders on Nigerian Content initiatives.
The Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke is expected to deliver the keynote address at the conference.
The programme also indicated that Bayelsa Governor, Timipre Sylva , would declare open the exhibition and community event.
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