Nigerian President signs executive order on oil, gas sector reforms

Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has issued policy directives to improve the investment climate and position Nigeria as the preferred investment destination for the oil and gas sector in Africa.

The Nigerian leader, who initiated the amendment of the primary legislation, following extensive engagements, analyses, and benchmarking with other jurisdictions, introduced fiscal incentives for oil and gas projects, reduce contracting costs and timelines, and promote cost efficiency in local content requirements.

The statement by Ajuri Ngelale, Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, stated that President Tinubu has in view of the urgency to accelerate investments in the sector,directed as follows the introduction of fiscal incentives for non-associated gas, midstream and deepwater developments.
He also directed the streamlining of contracting process to compress the contracting cycle to six months and the application of the local content requirements without hindering investments or the cost competitiveness.
The statement added that the details of these policy directives will be gazetted and communicated by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

“These incentives were developed in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Justice, Federal Ministry of Finance, Federal Ministry of Petroleum, Federal Ministry of Budget and Economic Planning, Federal Inland Revenue Service, the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission, and the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board.

“The Special Adviser to the President on Energy has been directed to continue coordinating the aforementioned stakeholders to ensure the implementation of these directives within a stipulated timeframe,” the statement said.
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