Governor of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, and his Edo State counterpart, Godwin Obaseki are among stakeholders who have billed to speak at a two-day sensitisation seminar on local content development in the oil and gas and shipping industry, a programme organised by the Maritime Reporters Association of Nigeria (MARAN).
Secretary-General of MARAN, Mr. Dapo Olawuni in a press statement issued in Lagos at the weekend said that the event is targeted at encouraging Nigerians to be fully integrated into the oil and gas logistics operation, particularly in the upstream sector.
He noted that a special focus is being placed on the EGINA Floating Production Storage and Offloading (FPSO) platform recently delivered by TOTAL Nigeria Limited.
The two days seminar tagged: "Local Content Development in Shipping, Oil and Gas Logistics Operations in Nigeria" is billed to hold on 21st and 22nd of August 2018 at the Rockview Hotel in Apapa Lagos.
Already, he said that the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has indicated his interest to participate in the programme as the state has recently joined the list of oil-producing states in Nigeria.
In the same vein, Olawuni said special focus is equally on Edo State which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of Chinese and African companies for the construction of a 5,500 barrel per day modular refinery in the state as its first refinery.
Maritime and Oil and Gas dignitaries billed to speak at the event include: the Executive Secretary of Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board, Mr Simbi Wabote, Group Managing Director of Nigerian National Petroleum Corporations; Dr Maikanti Baru, the Managing Director of Oil and Gas Free Zone Authority, Umana Okon Umana , as well as the Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA); Dakuku Peterside.
Others are; Managing Director of Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics Base (LADOL); Dr Ammy Jadesinmi, Group General Manager of National Petroleum Investment Management Services (NAPIMS) Mr. Roland Ewubare, Managing Director of Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Hadiza Bala Usman, Nigerian Association of Master Mariners, Nigerian Shipowners Association (NISA) among others.
The MARAN secretary stated that, "as maritime journalists, we believe that the benefits of Nigeria’s participation in the oil and gas logistics operation would add to the multiplier effects in employment opportunities, capacity building, technology transfer, cost-saving and reduction in capital flight, it will, in addition, make Nigeria an oil and gas hub in the West African sub-region" .
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