15/06/2026
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) today received a delegation from the Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) at the Nigerian Content Tower, Yenagoa, on a one-week knowledge-sharing and local content benchmarking visit.
Representing the Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe (FNSE, FIPS), the Director, Corporate Services, Dr. Abdulmalik Halilu, highlighted NCDMB’s mandate, achievements and Africa-focused local content value proposition, emphasizing opportunities for technology development, local employment, strategic partnerships and regional collaboration.
The GNPC delegation, led by Director, Corporate Services, Mr. Eric Pwadura, commended NCDMB’s local content success story and expressed interest in adopting similar frameworks in Ghana.
Dr. Zuwairat Asekome, supervisor, Transformational Projects at the Board, while presenting the NCDMB’s 10 year roadmap, highlighted the Board’s progress in growing Nigerian content from 5% to its current 61%, with a target of 70 per cent by 2027. She emphasised the roadmap’s five strategic pillars and seven enablers, describing local content development as “a marathon, not a sprint.”
The delegation which also included Mrs Jennifer Boateng, Adviser, General Services, GNPC, Mr Augustine Bayivella, Principal, Supply Chain and Local Content development officer, Seidu Salim Braimah, Manager, supply chain and local content development, later presented a commemorative plaque marking GNPC’s 40th anniversary and toured the Nigerian Content Tower, and its ancillary buildings.
The Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe (FNSE, FIPS) represented by the Director, Corporate Services Dr. Abdulmalik Halilu, was accompanied by the Acting Director, Monitoring and Evaluation, NCDMB, Esueme Dan Kikile Esq., General Manager Corporate Communications, NCDMB, Dr Obinna Ezeobi, Deputy Manager, Facility, NCDMB, Supervisor, Transformational Projects, NCDMB, Dr. Zuwairat Asekome and other staff of the Board.
