Mr Kenedy West,
Pioneer President, Niger Delta Youths Coalition for Peace and Progress (NDYCPP)
said the group was working to ensure the participation of youths in the NLNG
Train-7.
NLNG Train-7, is a gas production expansion project
valued at over $7 billion by the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas Limited (NLNG)
located in Bonny Island in Rivers.
West, a Senior Special Assistant to Bayelsa Governor on
Niger Delta Youth Matters said in Yenagoa on Monday that NDYCPP was building
the capacity of host communities to benefit from the project.
He said that the group was liaising with entrepreneurs
and young business owners and sensitizing them of the opportunities in the NLNG
Train-7 to ensure that host communities derive economic benefits from the project.
According to him, the expansion project would have a
positive economic impact and boost the Nigerian Content drive of the federal
government if host communities are factored into the project at the planning stage.
He said that the involvement a host communities in the
project would further enhance peace and security as the people who have
business ties would do everything to ensure that the project survives.
“We have been making efforts to sensitise our people who
have expertise in several aspects of the oil and gas sector on the big
opportunity before us in the Train-7 project.
“There is so much opportunities and for those who already
have the capacity we are linking them up, for those who lack the capacity, we have
built up their skills base so that they fit in.
“We are collaborating with the Nigerian Content
Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) and the Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas
Limited to host a business opportunity roundtable for stakeholders in the NLNG
Train-7.
“The Managing Director of NLNG
will be leading other Managing Directors of many International Oil Companies participating
in the project to the summit to be held in Bonny Island in Rivers as Guest of
Honor.
“This is the first time a bottom-top approach
will be applied to create harmony amongst actors in the field towards achieving
a win win solution in a project like this.
“We are encouraged by the
stand of the Executive Secretary of NCDMB that there must be significant level
of Nigerian content in this huge project which the board is relying in to move
Nigerian content from 30 to 70 per cent in the industry.
“This feat is achievable
if we harness the existing capacity and match it with opportunities, so in
working closely with NCDMB, we showcase what we have to ensure that
whatever can be done in Nigeria is given to Nigerians.
“In so doing, Nigerian businesses will be given
opportunities to reduce the dominance of foreigners in the Nigerian Oil and Gas
industry space,” West said
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