NCDMB’s Simbi Wabote speaks on improving Nigerian local content
By CNBC
08 December 2018 |
11:08 am
The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board is aiming to grow value retention in the oil and gas value chain from the current 28 percent to 70 percent while creating 300,000 direct jobs in Nigeria.
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