Nigerian Content and the Lessons from Covid-19 Pandemic 

Abstract

This essay examines the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Nigeria's oil and gas industry. It answers the question: was local capability able to weather the storm of the pandemic? In this essay you would find that the NCDMB has been able to drive tremendous growth in Nigeria's local content. However, the Pandemic revealed weaknesses that national capability were unable to overcome. Therefore, this essay makes policy recommendations towards a more improved local content, so that in-country capability would be more resilient to unforeseen horrors.

Keywords: Covid-19 Pandemic, Nigerian Content, NCDMB, Oil and Gas Infrastructure