The Executive Secretary, Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe has expressed total support for the vision and long-term plan of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited, a consortium that concluded acquisition of onshore oil assets of Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) in March 2025.
Addressing a high-powered delegation of the company in his office at the Nigerian Content Tower (NCT), Swali, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Ogbe said indigenous oil and gas companies are ever assured of an enabling environment by the Board.
According to him, NCDMB management team would be willing to engage with their counterparts from the Renaissance Group whenever the need arose.
NCDMB in a statement made available to Maritime Bits quoted Ogbe commending Renaissance Africa Energy emphasis on Nigerian content and plans to establish a foothold in other countries across Africa.
Ogbe assured the delegation that NCDMB would provide their firm with “double enabling environment” in support of its growth in Nigeria and overseas.
The NCDMB boss noted that Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited has a promising future, given the very competent hands in its employ who had held responsible positions in companies with track records of performance in the oil and gas sector.
The Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the firm, Dr. Tony Attah had earlier thanked Ogbe for the warm reception accorded him and his delegation even as he assured him and the NCDMB management.
His words: “We are ourselves are Nigerian content. We are wholly Nigerian.”
On the company’s long-term plan, Attah said: “We invest in Nigeria but represent Nigerian Content across Africa…. Our mission is to be the African leader in energy but most importantly to enable energy security, to enable industrialization.”
In his own remarks, the Chairman of the Renaissance Group, Dr. Layi Fatona recalled that NCDMB had been very supportive to the SPDC in the past, and that it was their expectation that the new company which has acquired the assets of the Anglo-Dutch giant would continue to enjoy the same relationship.
The General Manager, Corporate Communications and Zonal Coordination of the NCDMB, Barrister Esueme Dan Kikile in a brief comment noted that the vision of NCDMB aligns with that of Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited.
Kikile expressed hope that the two organizations would be able to collaborate productively to advance local content in the country.
Renaissance Africa Energy Company Limited is a consortium comprising four leading indigenous oil companies. They are ND Western Limited, Aradel Holdings, FIRST Exploration and Petroleum Development Company Limited (FIRST E&P), and Waltersmith Group, and an international energy company known as Petroni.
