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The Executive Secretary NCDMB, Engr. Kesiye Wabote (@wabote_simbi FNSE, FIPS) a few moments ago received the Champion of Local Content Development in Africa Award at the inaugural Heritage Concert & Awards held Kigali, Rwanda.

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Speaking after he received the award, Engr @wabote_simbi dedicated the award to his family and the hard working staff of the Board. He hailed the organizers of the African Heritage Concert and Award, describing the award as a stepping stone to the African continent’s development.
He hinted that the award challenges him to continue looking beyond Nigeria, to see how local content can be developed across Africa.
He added that Africa needs to maximize value addition in its natural resources and capacities and capabilities in the continent, propagate the ideals of local content and make Africans participate fully as it relates to the oil and gas industry.
He stated that NCDMB has already started to promote Local content application in the linkage sectors such as mining, agriculture, manufacturing, adding that the challenge is on how Africans would to energize those sectors and inculcate the can do belief in the people.
The Executive Secretary, Engr. @wabote_simbi was accompanied to the event by two members of the Board’s Governing Council, Mr. Mina Oforiokuma and Mr. Nick Odinuwe.
Other officials on his entourage are Director Monitoring and Evaluation, Mr. Akintunde Adelana; Director Finance and Personnel Management, Mr. Isaac Yalah and Special Technical Assistant to the Executive Secretary, Engr. Abayomi Bamidele.

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