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  • NLNG, NCDMB to partner on asset intervention

    NLNG, NCDMB to partner on asset intervention

    Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) have engaged in productive discussions towards collaboration in support of NLNG’s planned revamp and enhancement of key operational facilities in Trains 1 to 6 of the NLNG plant.

    In a statement on Thursday by Sophia Horsfall, General Manager, External Relations and Sustainable Development (NLNG) and

    Dr. Obinna Ezeobi, General Manager, Corporate Communications Division (NCDMB), the organisations said the initiative is aimed at improving asset performance and overall productivity.

    The collaborative meeting took place during the Nigerian Content Stakeholders Retreat hosted recently at NLNG’s operational base at Finima, Bonny Island, Rivers State.

    During the retreat, the General Manager Production, NLNG, Nnamdi Anowi outlined the company’s revamp programme named “Accelerated Asset Intervention (AAI).”

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    He explained that the initiative is expected to commence in 2026 and will require NCDMB’s support and relevant approvals to enable timely execution. According to him, the AAI programme is intended to overhaul the Trains and Common Facilities, which are key to operations.

    “The goal is to implement predictive maintenance and continue to deliver sustainable top quartile and reliability performance, continue to deliver gas and value to the country and retain NLNG’s position as the best company in the country,” he said.

    Responding, the Executive Secretary of NCDMB, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, represented by the Director of Capacity Building, NCDMB, Engr. Abayomi Bamidele, pledged NCDMB’s support for NLNG’s plans, in line with the existing close collaboration between the organizations and NCDMB’s role as a regulator and business enabler in the oil and gas industry.

    He noted that NCDMB and NLNG had collaborated successfully to develop the first Service Level Agreement (SLA) between an operating company and a regulator in the Nigerian oil and gas industry and are currently working on other technical capacity building initiatives.  

    He recalled that NCDMB granted accelerated approvals for key projects in the NLNG Train 7, which enabled the project to commence in 2020 at the height of COVID-19 pandemic. NCDMB equally granted speedy approvals and support for the new gas projects, which will provide feedstock for Train 7, he stated.

    The Executive Secretary emphasized the need for NLNG to optimize Nigerian content and utilize in-country capacities in the proposed packages, in line with the provisions of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act.

    Speaking later at the Award Gala Dinner marking the formal conclusion of the Nigerian Content Stakeholders Retreat and Appreciation Night 2025, the Executive Secretary commended NLNG for the giant strides it had recorded with the Train-7 Project.

    He expressed delight that the Train-7 Project currently employs thousands of workers, describing it as a huge contribution to the nation’s economy.

    Pioneer Executive Secretary of the NCDMB, Dr. Ernest Nwapa, noted that NLNG’s leadership in local content development went back many years, recalling that the company stood out as an early “icon of Nigerian Content” because of its voluntary compliance.

     He added that NLNG also commissioned the industry’s first skills gap analysis, promptly circulating the findings to guide stakeholders and policymakers on priority capacity-building needs to strengthen in-country value addition.

    He also commended the NCDMB for remarkable success in implementation of the NOGICD Act and achievements made so far.

    The climax of the event was the presentation of awards to outstanding companies and individuals for their contributions to Nigerian Content development in Nigeria.

  • Three foreign-based Nigerian authors make NLNG Prize shortlist

    THREE books – Jude Idada’s Boom Boom; Dunni Olatunde’s Mystery at Ebenezer Lodge and O. T. Begho’s The Great Walls of Benin – have made the shortlist for the $100,000 Nigeria Prize for Literature, sponsored by the Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG).

    The judges said the three books by the foreign-based authors “represent a very high degree of creativity” and are “highly didactic, yet coated in an absorbing and engaging narrative”.

    The style of writing in the books, according to the panel of judges, chaired Prof Obodimma Oha (a Professor of Cultural Semiotics and Stylistics in the Department of English, University of Ibadan), is suitable for children and help to provide clarity to the vicissitudes of life, spur healthy curiosity, build problem-solving skills as well as promote the role of oral literature as an effective tool for disseminating knowledge to children.

    Other members of the panel include Prof Asabe Usman Kabir, Professor of Oral and African Literature at Usmanu Danfodiyo University, Sokoto and Dr Patrick Oloko, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) who specialises in African Postcolonial Literature, Gender and Cultural Studies.

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    The winner of the prize will be announced at an award night on October 11, 2019, the prize’s Advisory Board, led by Prof Ayo Banjo, stated while announcing in Lagos.

    “Boom Boom by Jude Idada highlights a common health issue in Nigeria, Sickle Cell Anaemia, and with it the pain, love and bonds of friendship that come with the daily struggles of the victims in fascinating and capturing storytelling. The book unveils the world of an eight (8) year old boy who tries to find a way of saving his sister from Sickle Cell Anemia, a disease that claimed the life of his mother.

    “Mystery at Ebenezer Lodge by Dunni Olatunde evokes nostalgic thrills of children adventures. The book is about the Ilesanmi children who are sent to their grandmother’s aunt for a week only to uncover a mystery of someone entering an old building without using the doors. It is a story about curiosity, riddles and problem solving.

    “O. T. Begho’s The Great Walls of Benin brings children’s attention to the myths of origin, set in the ancient Kingdom of Benin. Two children go on a quest after a harmless game of hide and seek, opening up a surreal world of culture and heritage,” the judges stated.