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Mr Ogbe listed the five focal areas as ‘Promoting the Utilisation/Growth of In-country Capacities,’ ‘Enhancing the Cost Competitiveness of Oil and Gas Projects,’ ‘Non-inclusion of Intermediary Entities Lacking the Essential Capacity to Perform from the Nigerian Content Plan ,’ ‘Approval of Nigerian Content Plan . He said the implementation would ensure that entities acting solely as intermediaries, with no demonstrable capacity to execute the project or activity, shall not be approved.
Regarding the third focal area, namely, ‘Non-inclusion of Intermediaries Lacking the Essential Capacity,’ Mr Ogbe stated that the “tender opportunity’s pre-qualification and technical evaluation phases” would be used to eliminate entities so identified as incapable of performing. In all, he observed with satisfaction that the Presidential Directive and the Board’s modalities are in sync with the objectives of its 10-Year Strategic Roadmap, which aims to increase Nigerian Content to 70 per cent by 2027.
Speaking during one of the breakout sessions, the Director of Projects Certification and Authorization Certificate at the NCDMB, Abayomi Bamidele explained that NCDMB had enabled oil and gas through its policies, collaboration and investments. He indicated that about 1,000 Nigerian service companies were registered on the NOGIC JQS in 2011, but the number had increased to 13,000, while the number of operating companies had equally increased to 120 firms.
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