@article{CRSIJ26000208,
                  author = {Dr. Onyemere, John-Kennedy C.},
                  title = {Appraisal of the challenges, problems and prospects of the Nigerian oil and gas industry content development act 2010},
                  journal = {Cosmo Research and Science International Journal},
                  year = {2025},
                  volume = {1},
                  number = {6},
                  pages = {553-572},
                  issn = {3108-1584},
                  url = {https://cosmorsij.com/published/CRSIJ26000208.pdf},
                  abstract = {Nigerian oil and gas content requirements is a desperate response to control manpower shortage and foreign dominance in the industry through compulsory utilization of Nigerians to build in-country capacity and stimulate the economy to resolving national socio-economic problems, perennial conflicts and security challenges afflicting exploration in the region. The objective of this article is to assess the challenges, problems and prospects of the Nigerian content requirements, regarding enforceability and justifiability of the content rights, insecurity, marginalization and relegation of host citizens, environmental injustices, and restiveness, transfer of technology and succession plan and conducive environment for optimum peaceful exploration. The article adopted doctrinal research method, which basically relies on pure textual analysis of relevant legal resource materials. The article discovers that the host communities are the actual victims of the incidence of exploration in spite of legislative improvement and also a swap of ‘local content’ with ‘Nigerian content’. The paper concludes that the extant regime is not adequate to deliver the enforceability of the content rights of Nigerians, the responsibilities of government to build capacity and transfer technology, compliance level of international oil companies, priority placement and empowerment of the host communities. Consequently, the article recommends linking Nigerian content with other critical sectors, technical training and capacity development of Nigerians by the federal government, proper placement of qualified indigenes of the host communities in the sector, amendment of the obnoxious section 2 of the Act to confer tangible justiciable rights on the citizens of Nigeria and the inclusion of compulsory in-country refining of hydrocarbon crude oil produced in Nigeria.},
                  keywords = {Nigerian Content Policy, Nigerian Content Requirement, Resource Curse, Environmental Justice},
                  month = {May}
        }