NCDMB To Celebrate Companies With Historical Local Content Integrity

The Nigerian Content Development Monitoring Board (NCDMB), in partnership with Sweetcrude Limited, publishers of SweetcrudeReports, is pleased to announce the launch of the ‘Champions of Nigerian Content Awards’.

This prestigious awards ceremony aims to recognise and celebrate individuals and companies that have made significant contributions to the development of Nigerian content in the oil and gas industry.

The awards ceremony is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, at the NCDMB’s world-class conference hall, situated at Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, beginning at 6 pm prompt. The event will hold at the sidelines of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF), scheduled for May 20-22, 2025.

Unlike other awards in the Nigeria oil and gas industry, the ‘Champions of Nigerian Content Awards’ will be determined by verifiable accomplishments, using defined metrics set by the Monitoring and Evaluation Directorate and other operational directorates and divisions of the NCDMB.

The awards categories include:Nigerian Content Icon of the Year, Nigerian Content Lifetime Achievement Award, Nigerian Content International Upstream Operator of the Year, Nigerian Content Indigenous Upstream Operator of the Year Nigerian Content Midstream Operator of the Year and Nigerian Content Downstream Operator of the Year.

Others are Nigerian Content International Service Company of the Year, Nigerian Content Indigenous Service Company of the Year, Nigerian Content Innovator of the Year, Nigerian Content Financial Services Provider of the Year, Nigerian Content Media Organization of the Year and Women in Leadership Award for Promoting Gender Equality and Empowerment.

Commenting on the ‘Champions of Nigerian Content Awards’, executive secretary of the NCDMB Felix Omatsola Ogbe, said, “the time has come to identify and celebrate pillars of Nigerian Content who shall serve as a shining example of what is expected of others in the industry.”

Director, Monitoring and Evaluation at the NCDMB, Abdulmalik Halilu, also remarked that the ‘Champions of Nigerian Content Awards’ will motivate and reward Nigerian Content compliance among entities in the oil and gas industry. He said, the Board had mulled this event for a few years, and the launch signified NCDMB’s conviction that companies and individuals who extend themselves to develop Nigerian Content and comply with extant regulations should be identified by the regulator and celebrated, to serve as a beacon of motivation for other industry players.

On their part, Sweetcrude Limited has promised that the Awards will feature glitz and glamour, to signify the importance and contributions of Nigerian Content to the national economy.