President Bola Tinubu has ratified the appointment of new members of the governing council of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, NCDMB.
This was revealed in a statement by the Special Adviser on Information and Strategy to the President, Bayo Onanuga, on Thursday
Onanuga said Tinubu, in his efforts to reinforce the NCDMB’s capacity to grow local content in the oil and gas sector, approved the appointment of four members of the board.
The new board members were appointed following the departure of the existing representatives from various organisations, according to the presidential spokesperson.
He stated that, among other things, the NCDMB is dedicated to looking at methods to enhance its duties of monitoring and encouraging Nigerian involvement in the oil and gas industry.
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Onanuga said that it is anticipated that the new appointees would leverage their experience to promote the expansion of local content in the industry.
The newly appointed members of the NCDMB board are: Olusegun Omosehin from the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM); Wole Ogunsanya of the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN); Sam Azoka Onyechi, representing the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (NCCF); and Owei Oyanbo from the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.
