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NIGERIAN CRUDE OIL AND GAS.
Involvement of Nigerians in oil servicing business increase youth
employment
Managing Director of the Nigerian Exports Processing Zones Authority
(NEPZA), Mr. Sina Agboluaje has said that optimum utilization of Lagos Deep
Off_Shore Logistics (LADOL) base would create thousand of jobs for
Nigerians, as well as save for nation’s economy about N1.5 billion ($10
million).
Agboluaje who disclosed this in Lagos while leading members of the
Inter-ministerial Committee on Free-Zones, said that the N10 billion paid to
foreign companies for rendering support s in the nation’s oil and gas
industry, would remain in the country.
He pointed out that the indigenous companies that would benefit from the
participation in the area of operation would engage more Nigerians as the
operations increase.
The five-man committee comprises of Mr. Agboluaje who is the representative
of the Federal Ministry of Trade and Commerce; the Director, Fiscal
Policy/Budget Monitoring of the Finance ministry, Chief Owoade Omoni; and
representatives of the Customs and Immigration Services, and the Nigerian
Ports Authority (NPA).
Giving an insight into the scope of the committee’s work, Agboluaje said the
committee was essentially set up by government to reconfirm the status
earlier given to LADOL as a free zone as well as to physically verify what
the organization was doing to justify its approval.
According to him, the whole exercise was in pursuant to the ideals of the
Fiscal Policy of the Finance Ministry in ensuring that whatever approvals
given by the ministry are in order and still valid for the purposes for
which they were given.
He pointed out that having gone round the facility, members of the committee
would now meet to articulate their views and make its reports to the
appropriate authority.
The LADOL boss however noted that from his personal view as NEPZA boss, the
authority was convinced that the objectives behind the setting up of LADOL
was being realized in terms of local content, jobs creation and above all,
the preservation of foreign exchange .
“It is evident to say that from the beginning, the facilities here were set
up with a view to enhancing the participation of Nigerians in the oil and
gas industry.
Don’t forget that the industry is a major source of income to the Federal
Government, and you know that beyond the lifting of crude oil, there are
other activities that support this venture, like servicing the oil rigs,
developing the rigs, maintenance and building of buoys, and several others.
“All these are cost-related expenditure within the oil business, and most
times all people get to know about is the cost government incures in the
process of crude oil explorations.
These costs are real and most often paid out to foreign companies, but with
increased local content, such payments now circulate within the country”, he
explained.
The NEPZA boss further noted that within a short time of its inception,
LADOL had participated in major NNPC projects such as Moisimi and Agbami
deep off-shore facilities adding that “this is a way of taking our local
share in the business.
The more of such facilities like LADOL are developed, the more we can
enhance our local shares in the industry” he said.
