BENIN CITY- The Edo Government said it would partner Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN) to ensure that indigenous oil and gas companies operated in accordance with the Local Content Act.
The Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, stated this at the opening of PENGASSAN Producers’ Forum Retreat in Benin on Wednesday.
He said that the state was playing host to indigenous oil and gas companies and had opened conversations with them on the subject matter.
Obaseki said the retreat with the theme: “Strategic and Information based leadership; Panacea for Effective Trade Unionism” was apt at this period given what was happening to oil globally.
He also said that there was no doubt that the present time called for deeper reflection on the future of oil industry.
According to the governor, more importantly, Nigeria should begin to utilise the hydro-carbon asset to redefine the future of this country.
He said that his administration had completed the feasibility study of Edo Industrial Park at Iyanomo and hoped to partner with the workers’ union on how to execute the project.
In his address, the Chairman, PENGASSAN Producers’ Forum, Mr Festus Osifo, said the union meet annually to share knowledge and acquaint themselves with trending skill that would impact positively on the leadership.
“It is gratifying to note that the agenda of the retreat covers a wide range of very interesting subjects.
“We will have the honour of sharing the experiences and tapping from the knowledge base of great speakers from all works of life,” Osifo said.
In his remarks, President of PENGASSAN, Mr Shina Luwole, expressed delight for the choice of Benin as host of the retreat.
He said that the progress made so far by the present administration in the state was commendable.
