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General News of Wednesday, 14 April 2021

Source: www.vanguardngr.com

Nigerianisation of NLNG now 84%

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The Nigerianisation process at the shipping arm of the Nigerian Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG), the NLNG Ship Management Limited, NSML, has reached 84 percent and the management of the firm is saying that the process will be up to 100 percent by end 2022.

The process was aimed at total control of the organisation by Nigerians.

Disclosing this to Vanguard Maritime Report in Lagos, Managing Director of NSML, Mr Abdulkadir Ahmed, said that at the end of next year, there will be no foreigner working with the shipping arm of the company as every position would have been taken over by Nigerians.

Labour threatens to shut ports over disregard for local content by IOCsBut he explained that the company is still retaining about 15 percent of expatriate staff for some international value until end of next year.

He said: “Recognising the international nature of our trade, we felt it was expedient to allow for some mixture as we keep up to 85 percent Nigerians and fifteen percent foreign sailors so as to be able to reap the benefits of what is happening in the world; we felt it is expedient to have some sort of mixture amongst the seafarers, so we are keeping it up with 85 percent Nigerians and 15 percent foreigners.”