to be able to receive adequate attention on operational difficulties of whatever nature.
Mr Wabote was responding to a question by a participant on how challenges confronting a member could be resolved.It was a day that energy sector chief executives subjected the oil and gas industry regulatory framework and the enabling statute, Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act, 2010, to critical evaluation, commending the implementing agency, the NCDMB, for phenomenal success in actualising NOGIC objectives.
He pointed out that with effectiveness and efficiency in enforcement of the regulations, indigenous companies found all the space and material support to grow their capacities and capabilities. “Today,” he revealed, “PETAN is shaking hands across Africa,” a reference to Nigeria’s service companies now operating as international oil companies through creation of regional linkages.
The Managing Director, Tenaris, Mrs. Rosario Osobase, said, “NCDMKB is doing so much in mentoring other African countries” in local content practice.