Africa Press-Nigeria:<\/p>\n
President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said efforts must be made to strengthen the country\u2019s local capacities for the nation\u2019s economy to experience exponential growth.<\/p>\n
Lawan who made this assertion at virtual opening of the Nigerian Content Summit said this has become imperative particularly against the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
The summit was jointly organised by the Senate Committee on Local Content and House of Representatives Committees on Content Development and Monitoring.<\/p>\n
According to Lawan, the Summit which is the first of its kind, seeks \u201cto stimulate understanding on the short and long-term implications of relevant Bills before the two houses.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added that, \u201cthe Bills, including the Nigeria Oil and Gas Industry Content Development Act 2010 (Amendment) Bill, 2020 (SB.417), Nigerian Local Content Enforcement Bill, 2020 (SB. 419), and the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Act, 2020 (Repeal and Re-enactment) Bill 2020 (SB. 420), are obviously to increase composite value addition.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis value addition expectedly developed from within, with the aid of local services and resources in the petroleum industry, should contribute to local capacity building, with considerations for the elements of health, safety and quality.\u201d<\/p>\n
He underscored the need to develop the nation\u2019s local capacities, adding that, \u201cwe need to also appreciate that our social and economic conditions need continuous reviews for development, with a good quantum of home-grown fundamentals, and especially considering the new realities, brought by the Covid-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe pandemic reminds us of the need for resource independence, the strengthening of local capacity, and the importance of increasing indigenous variables in the Oil and Gas production, and in other areas.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe overall aim of this is the promotion of industrialization of the nation\u2019s all-important Oil and Gas sectors, for enhancing the wellbeing of those in the industry and the overall growth of the Nigerian economy.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are actually at a time for more inward reflection, through the enhancement of internal capacity, towards productivity and efficiency, for national progress. This is all to satisfy the yearnings and aspirations of the people,\u201d Lawan said.<\/p>\n
Africa Press-Nigeria: President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, on Wednesday said efforts must be made to strengthen the country\u2019s local capacities for the nation\u2019s economy to experience exponential growth. Lawan who made this assertion at virtual opening of the Nigerian Content Summit said this has become imperative particularly against the fallouts of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":22489,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,14],"tags":[648,228],"class_list":["post-30011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-lawan","tag-oil-production"],"yoast_head":"\n