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The Executive
Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board
(NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote on Thursday in
Lagos performed the commissioning of GIL Automations’ cable tray and
switchgear factory and the opening of its new building.
The company
offers an array of services in electrical and automation
services, switchgear manufacturing and panel solutions as well as process
management and flow control.
The
Executive Secretary lauded the company for expanding from the provision of
service to manufacturing, noting that such progression shows that
Nigerian oil and gas servicecompanies are taking up the
challenge to grow their outfits and contribute to the development of
in-country capacities and capabilities, providing key services
for the sustenance and growth of the industry and its linkage sectors. He
said: The business shift from service to manufacturing of electrical and
automation components under your leadership is a very strategic move that we
are very excited about.”
He remarked
that GIL Automations had developed capacity to provide world
class services across the oil, gas, manufacturing and power
industries, and created a niche
for industrialautomation, instrumentation, electrical, control, communication and safety systems. The
extension of the company capacities to other sectors helps to meet the strategic
initiatives established under the Nigerian Content 10-year
Strategic Roadmap, he said.
He added
that “as an ISO9001 certified local manufacturer of low voltage Electrical
products in line with international standards, the products are not only meant
for local market, but also in high demand within the regional and continental
markets.”
Speaking further, Wabote emphasized the need
for Nigerian oil and gas service providers to widen the application of
their services to other sectors of the economy instead of solely relying on the
oil and gas sector. He noted the cyclical nature of the oil and gas
industry, stressing that every discerning service
company needed to have a model to adapt to any prevailing
circumstance.
He said the
ongoing energy transition further underlined the necessity for companies to think
differently and acquire new capabilities, to enable
them operate successful in the energy transition environment,
without being unduly worried about their survival.
He recalled
that companies converted their factories at the peak of
COVID-19 to produce some of the needed items at that time, adding that “this
same ingenuity is required of the service companies to take a look at
their service equipment, modelling software, personnel and other assets to
check the opportunities they are over-looking due to being fixated on contracts
from the oil and gas industry.
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