NCDMB MOVES TO BOOST LOCAL MANUFACTURING OF CRITICAL OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT
By Pan Afric Reporters
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has intensified efforts to promote the domestic manufacturing of critical oil and gas equipment, with a renewed push to strengthen indigenous enterprises, reduce import dependence and retain more industrial value within Nigeria.
The Board disclosed this in a press release issued on Tuesday, October 20, 2026, by its General Manager, Corporate Communications Division, Obinna Ezeobi, PhD, following a stakeholders’ meeting held in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, to develop practical strategies for implementing recommendations on local manufacturing of essential oil and gas components.
Representing the NCDMB Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, at the meeting, the General Manager, Institutional Development, Capacity Building Directorate, Mr. Olugbenga Sheba, said the initiative was designed to deepen local capacity, accelerate industrialisation and maximise value retention across Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
“Today’s rollout is not an isolated initiative; it is an integral pillar of our NCDMB 10-Year Strategic Roadmap, which targets achieving 70% Nigerian Content by 2027,” Sheba stated.
The initiative follows a study commissioned by the Board on July 7, 2022, to develop a strategy for manufacturing critical components locally. The study team submitted its report on July 12, 2023.
The components identified include pumps, valves, flanges, gaskets, bolts and nuts, metering solutions and instrument fittings—equipment essential to maintaining oil and gas production and representing a significant share of industry operating and capital expenditure.
Sheba said expanding domestic manufacturing would strengthen indigenous companies, improve technical expertise and enable Nigerian businesses to participate more competitively in the supply chains of major oil and gas projects.
He cited the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act, 2010, which provides for first consideration to Nigerian goods and services, as the statutory foundation for promoting local production and indigenous participation.
He added that implementing the study’s recommendations would advance the technical capability development pillar of the Board’s 10-year strategic roadmap by addressing skills shortages, technological deficiencies and constraints affecting local manufacturing.
Key implementation priorities include expanding infrastructure, introducing structured capacity-building programmes, improving access to finance, establishing strategic partnerships and strengthening monitoring, compliance and enforcement.
Providing insight into the findings of the assessment, the Assistant Manager, Institutional Strengthening, Capacity Building Directorate, Mr. Nander Salmwang, disclosed that approximately 60 indigenous companies had been identified, but only 18 met the required criteria.
The findings highlighted capacity gaps that require targeted interventions to enable more Nigerian manufacturers to meet industry standards and supply the equipment required by oil and gas operators.
Similarly, the Manager of the Nigerian Content Development Fund (NCDF), Mr. Emmanuel Yusuf, presented available funding opportunities, emphasising the importance of financial support to indigenous companies and community contractors seeking to expand their operations and secure greater participation in the industry’s supply chain.
The meeting also examined the Nigerian Oil and Gas Park Scheme (NOGaPS) as a platform for developing local manufacturing infrastructure and strengthening indigenous technical capabilities.
The NCDMB urged operators, manufacturers, service companies, financial institutions and other industry stakeholders to collaborate in translating the study’s recommendations into practical outcomes, stressing that sustained partnerships would be essential to building a competitive domestic manufacturing base.
The Board’s latest initiative forms part of its broader drive to increase Nigerian content, expand industrial capacity and ensure that a greater share of the economic benefits generated by the country’s oil and gas industry remains within the national economy.
