Stakeholders Converge on Yenagoa for 2023 Local Content Summit

Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja

The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Swali, Yenagoa, is set to host oil and gas industry eggheads and policy makers at the yearly Practical Nigerian Content (PNC) Forum 2023, this December, a statement from the company has said.

The Minister of State for Petroleum Resources (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri and his Gas counterpart, Ekperikpo Ekpo would lead other bigwigs of the oil and gas industry heading to Yenagoa for the event.

The ministers are expected to deliver ministerial addresses and to show the direction of the Federal Government’s thinking concerning Nigerian Content and investment strategies.

Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Simbi Wabote, is expected to give the opening address while the Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC), Gbenga Komolafe, and Chief Executive, Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Authority (NMDPA), Farouk Ahmed, alongside other key industry figures would feature prominently in the four-day event.

 Also, the Group Chief Executive Officer, Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited,  Mele  Kyari is also expected to grace the PNC as he has done in previous years.