As part of efforts to promote and develop the growth of the downstream sector of the nation’s oil and gas industry, coupled with the need to enhance local content in the petroleum sector, stakeholders in the lubricants sector have finalised plans to organise the first Nigerian Lubricants Summit, featuring a two-day forum and exhibition.
The summit is being packaged by CMC Connect (Perception Managers) Limited in collaboration with the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR). CMC Connect is working in synergy with Lubeservices Associates, a reputable and professional consulting firm with proven track records in the areas of lubricants, lubrication and related technical services.
Adetola Odusote, group head, public affairs directorate at CMC Connect, said: “The summit will serve as an interactive session and exhibition of the nation’s lubricants’ market with specific aims of showcasing their market potential, quality, standard compliance, technical reliability and of course, address the challenges militating against its business growth.”
The summit will also create a platform for the major and indigenous lube manufacturers, technocrats, investors, service providers, diverse consumers, statutory and regulatory agencies (DPR, SON, NAFDAC, Weight and Measures, Customs and Excise, Navy, etc, and other stakeholders to meet in order to marshal out a way forward for the survival and growth of the lubricants market in the country, he said.
According to the organisers, there would be a press conference in the first week of August in Lagos, where details of the summit would formally be unveiled.
CMC Connect is a leading public relations and strategic communication consulting firm. Its core areas of specialisation include but are not limited to media services, government relations, strategic communication and marketing PR services to the public and private sectors of the nation’s economy.
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