Local Oil Service Providers Demand $1.5bn Contracts on Shell’s $5bn Bonga North Project Oil giant forecasts bright future for Nigeria’s deep-water production with right conditions Lokpobiri: Africa must close funding gaps, harmonise regulations to strengthen competitiveness
Peter Uzoho Indigenous oil and gas service
providers, under the umbrella of Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN), have demanded
that contracts worth $1.5 billion be awarded to local firms from Shell’s $5 billion Bonga North Project as a
further proof of the country’s seriousness in promoting local content in the hydrocarbon industry.
Chairman of PETAN and Chief Executive Officer of Geoplex Drillteq Limited, Mr. Wole Ogunsanya, made
the demand yesterday in Lagos, during Continued on page 9
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Wabara’s Purported Suspension Null, Void, Reckless, Unconstitutional, Says PDP NWC Abia chapter alleges anti-party, justifies move
Chuks Okocha in Abuja and Emmanuel Ugwu-Nwogo in Umuahia The National Working Committee (NWC) of Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) has dismissed the alleged suspension of the chairman of PDP Board of Trustees (BOT), Senator Adolphus Wabara, by the Abia State chapter of the party.
NWC said the purported suspension was null and void, reckless and unconstitutional. A statement by PDP National Publicity Secretary, Debo Ologunagba,
said, “Our attention has been drawn to the purported suspension of the chairman of the Board of Trustees of our great party, Distinguished Senator Adolphus Wabara, from
the party. “The NWC categorically dismisses the purported suspension as null and void and of no effect whatsoever, not being consistent with the provisions
of the constitution of the PDP (as amended in 2017) and laid down rules of our great party. Continued on page 9
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