SAIPEM NIGERIA PIONEERS HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT BY EMPOWERING 100 NIGERIANS ON SPDC’s SSAGS-PROJECT

SAIPEM NIGERIA PIONEERS HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT BY EMPOWERING 100 NIGERIANS ON SPDC’s SSAGS-PROJECT.

Over the past thirteen months, the Italian multinational Saipem Nigeria with a track record of more than forty (40) consistent years of doing business in Nigeria, last weekend set an outstanding precedence in the development of the Local Human Capacity with the issuing of certificates to One Hundred (100) Nigerians successfully empowered in different disciplines.

This remarkable achievement being the first of its kind in Capacity Building, was realized on the Southern Swamp Associated Gas Solutions Project with acronym SSAGS-Project having the Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) as the Operator with Saipem as the Contractor.

The event captioned "NIGERIAN CONTENT HUMAN CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT TRAINING PROGRAM: Certificate Issuing Ceremony” was held in Port-Harcourt and graced by delegates from the Nigerian Content Development & Monitoring Board (NCDMB).

Saipem representatives present enlightened the audience that a total of Sixty (60) Nigerians were trained on Craft skill courses like: Rigging, Scaffolding, Welding, Pipe-Fitting, Non-Destructive Testing etc. with International Certifications and Forty (40) Nigerian Graduates were trained on the organizations core service areas like: Engineering Design, Quality Assurance & Control, Project Planning & Control etc. also with International Certification Courses to equip them to function in the oil and gas industry, all programs carried out concurrently.

To further crown the day, Saipem stated that all the Graduate trainees have been offered direct employment in the organization. Indeed this was a laudable performance and NCDMB held nothing back in commending Saipem for this giant stride and advised other multinationals to emulate this.