Champions Of Nigerian Content Awards Honour Industry Leaders
..As Ex President Jonathan Bags Lifetime Achievement Award
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From Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
The inaugural Champions of Nigerian Content Awards ceremony was held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, recognizing outstanding individuals and corporate bodies that have made significant contributions to the development of local content in Nigeria’s oil and gas industry.
Former President Goodluck Jonathan received the Nigerian Content Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in signing the Nigerian Oil and Gas Industry Content Development (NOGICD) Act into law in 2010.
Jonathan credited an encounter with Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni and China’s successful domestication of oil and gas industry activities as motivations for his prompt signing of the bill.
Another top winner in the distinguished individuals category was Engr. Tony Attah, Managing Director of Renaissance Africa Energy Limited, as “Nigerian Content Icon of the Year.
The award was for his time as the Managing Director of Nigeria LNG Limited, during which time he secured the Final Investment Decision (FID) for NLNG Train 7 project and led his organization to partner with NCDMB to sign the first Service Level Agreement (SLA) which Nigeria LNG in June 2017.
Other top winners include Professor Emenike Ejiogu of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, (UNN), as “Nigerian Content Innovator of the Year,” and Ms. Iroghama Ogbeifun, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Starzs Investments Company Limited received the women in leadership award.In the corporate category, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC), now known as Renaissance Africa Energy Limited, clinched the “Nigerian Content International Upstream Operator of the Year Award,” while Aradel won the “Nigerian Content Independent Upstream Operator of the Year Award.”
Other winners in the corporate category were Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) Limited as “Nigerian Content Midstream Operator of the Year”; Dangote Refinery and Petrochemical Company Limited as “Nigerian Content Downstream Operator of the Year”; Dorman Long Engineering Company Limited as “Nigerian Content Indigenous Service Company of the Year,”and Technip FMC as “Nigerian Content International Service Company of the Year.”
On the winners list also were Bank of Industry (BOI) as “Nigerian Content Financial Services Provider of the Year” and Thisday Newspapers as “Nigerian Content Media Organisationof the Year.”
Speaking on the selection criteria, a member of the Award Advisory Committee, Mr. Wole Akinyosoye, former Operations Controller with the defunct Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), said measurable metrics were used to determine the winners including operational consistency, contribution to gas resource utilization and monetization, compliance with the NOGICD Act, and significant footprint in job creation and local sourcing
The “Champions of Nigerian Content Awards” held on the sideline of the Nigerian Oil and Gas Opportunity Fair (NOGOF).
