The Oil and Gas Trainers Association of Nigeria (OGTAN) has signed a pact with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to boost the education and capacity levels of workers, and shore up the skill pool in the oil and gas industry.
A release sent to Shipping Position Daily, OGTAN and NNPC officials, during the deal-sealing event in Abuja last week stated that the manpower development programme will align with the guidelines of the Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) to bridge the skill gap in the Oil and gas industry.
In his comments, the Managing Director of the NNPC, MallamMeleKyari said that the oil and gas industry is a sector that is driven by high level skills, maintaining that training and retraining of workers in the industry must be sustained to ensure sectoral healthy competition.
“We do need to work for our country because the human resource in Nigeria is limitless. We in the NNPC are determined to promote Nigerian content and we will do this by leading by example. Training and retraining in-country is cheaper, more effective and very conducive,” he said
OGTAN is the independent umbrella group of training services providers in the oil and gas sector established by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board in 2010.
The body represents the education and training group of the Nigerian Content Consultative Forum (NCCF) under Section 58 of the NOGICD Act (2010), with the purpose to build local human capital capacity in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and act as a business group that interfaces with operators, international organizations and the Nigerian government.
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