Nigeria and Ghana deepen oil‑gas local‑content partnership

Nigeria’s Content Development and Monitoring Board hosted a Ghana National Petroleum Corporation delegation in Yenagoa for a week‑long benchmarking programme. Board Executive Secretary Dr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe highlighted that local‑content participation in Nigeria’s oil and gas sector has risen to about 61 percent and stressed the need for African producers to “prioritise local content development… to reduce dependence on foreign expertise and technology”. He added, “Local content does not compromise standards. It is one global standard.”

In Ghana, CEO Judith Adjobah Blay of Ghana Gas met with NPA chief Godwin Kudzo Tameklo to reaffirm cooperation in the downstream sector. Blay said the follow‑up meeting was “necessary to ensure that we remain on the same page in how we support the companies that rely on our services”, while Tameklo pledged to “intensify our operational efforts … to ensure your operations continue smoothly”. The two engagements underline a broader push for stronger bilateral collaboration on indigenous capacity and operational efficiency in West Africa’s oil and gas industry.