100 YOUTHS EMBARK ON NCDMB-PETAN GRADUATE INTERNSHIP FOR Oil & GAS SKILLS DEVELOPMENT
GREATRIBUNETVNEWS-One hundred young graduates have kicked off the 2025/2027 NCDMB/PETAN/Renaissance Graduate Internship Programme, a collaborative initiative between the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Renaissance Africa Energy Company (RAEC) Limited, and the Petroleum Technology Association of Nigeria (PETAN). The programme aims to equip youths with critical skills, practical knowledge, and industry exposure in the oil and gas sector.
The interns, drawn from diverse fields such as engineering, geology, ICT , and natural sciences, will undergo structured training at PETAN member companies. NCDMB Executive Secretary, Engr. Felix Omatsola Ogbe, highlighted the initiative as a strategic contribution to human capacity development and sustainable local participation in Nigeria’s energy sector. He emphasized that human capacity development is the cornerstone of NCDMB’s mandate.
According to the NCDMB boss, who was represented by the General Manager, Human Capacity Development (HCD), Mr. Esueme Dan Kikile, Esq., the Board would remain resolute in its vision of “a globally competitive and technologically advanced Nigerian energy industry anchored on robust local participation.”
He commended Renaissance Africa Energy (formerly Shell Petroleum Development Company) and PETAN for sustaining the programme, which was begun by SPDC and is now in its second edition, and for their leadership and alignment with the national content development agenda.
Engr. Ogbe urged the interns to approach the opportunity provided with diligence, discipline, and a commitment to excellence, pointing out that they “represent the next generation of professionals who will sustain Nigeria’s energy future” and that the skills and values they would build in the course of the Programme would become integral to the country’s strategic human capital asset.
In a joint presentation on the objectives and anticipated outcomes of the programme, two representatives of PETAN, Dr. Okey Ukaegbu and Mr. Chinedu Maduaku, said the interns who would serve in member companies of the Association within the oil and gas sector are expected to advance innovation and operational excellence.
In his closing remarks, the General Manager, Nigerian Content Development (NCD), of Renaissance Africa Energy, Mr. Kene Akubue, said the partnership of the companies under the Graduate Internship Programme was a sign of progressive trends in the oil and gas industry, and that his company would remain focused on initiatives designed to deepen human capacity development and indigenous participation in the sector.
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