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.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Ajuri Ngelale, on Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

Ngelale stated that Tinubu, to accelerate investments, has directed the introduction of fiscal incentives for non-associated gas, midstream and deepwater developments.

The president also ordered 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 presidential spokesman noted that the details of the policy directives will be gazetted and communicated by the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation.

He added: “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 Star