{"id":24521,"date":"2020-06-09T07:58:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T07:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24521"},"modified":"2020-06-09T08:02:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T08:02:11","slug":"nlng-macobarb-n1b-contract-dispute-deepens-as-nigerian-content-board-intervenes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/newsroom247.com.ng\/?p=24521","title":{"rendered":"NLNG, Macobarb N1B Contract Dispute Deepens as Nigerian Content Board Intervenes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has waded into the dispute between the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and a Nigerian company, Macobarb International.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that the N970 million contractual dispute is being mediated by the NCDMB as reconciliatory meetings have been held at NCDMB\u2019s headquarters in Yenagoa the Bayelsa state capital.<\/p>\n<p>Macobarb wants to be paid about N970m by the NLNG for what it termed wrongful termination of a contract and value for downtime and equipment on site over some period of time.<\/p>\n<p>Several organisations have made unsuccessful efforts to mediate in the dispute including the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), Shell, Office of Attorney-General of the Federation, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Competent sources at NCDMB said the board got the complaint in October 2019 and invited both parties and the first sitting was held about December 10, 2019 in Yenagoa head office of the board.<\/p>\n<p>A senior official of the board, Alexis Emele, chaired the reconciliation meeting.<\/p>\n<p>Macobarb has complained to numerous organisations that it had been rated as a top performer in contracts with the NLNG until it was upgraded and awarded a Turnstile and Security contract in 2014.<\/p>\n<p>The company said the contract\u2019s biggest term was that there would be no mobilisation fee paid to Macobarb but that every milestone achieved and approved would be paid for, failing which the defaulter would pay penalty.<\/p>\n<p>The CEO of Macobarb, Shedrack Ogboru, said that when it was time to pay the first batch, after all due technical approvals, one man in NLNG stopped payment without offering any reason.<\/p>\n<p>He said this ugly and unwarranted development affected the job so badly that performance was impossible.<\/p>\n<p>He said he had taken loans from a bank to execute the early stages of the contract, only for payment to be stalled.<\/p>\n<p>He regretted that the NLNG only turned round to terminate the contract, leading to protracted dispute.<\/p>\n<p>The NLNG Management led by Mr Tony Attah, had in a reaction said that the contract was terminated due to non-performance.<\/p>\n<p>At the NCDMB brokered talks, the NLNG was said to have insisted that it terminated the contract on grounds of non-performance and paid the contractor the value of work done.<\/p>\n<p>Macobarb was said to have rejected this, saying terms of the contract were grossly violated by pushing the company into non-performance through non-payment of milestones achieved.<\/p>\n<p>It was gathered that both sides tabled their positions and that the NCDMB asked them to report back on a date early in January 2020.<\/p>\n<p>The NLNG was said to have disputed figures tabled by Macobarb but the mediators\u00a0 asked Macobarb to furnish the Board the information itemising all outstanding claims being allegedly owed by NLNG on the contract.<\/p>\n<p>The Board was said to have also asked the NLNG to revert with information concerning the status of payments on demobilisation for the contract and the 20ft container kept in their place by the contractor as part of the contract terms.<\/p>\n<p>Macobarb expressed optimism that the matter to be resolved by the NCDMB instead of resort to court so that other Nigerian companies affected in the contract can heave a sigh of relief.<\/p>\n<p>The matter had dragged on but the Nigerian company said it was being constrained to go to court with a consortium of multinationals that would use its financial muscle to crush it in court.<\/p>\n<p>Macobarb\u2019s plea, however, is for the NCDMB to compel the NLNG to pay them the sum of\u00a0 N969.920m and to lift the \u201cblacklisting\u201d or the sanction of Macobarb from rendering services to NLNG.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/alternativeadvert.com\/show.php?z=30&amp;pl=19271&amp;ad_type=81&amp;rl=1800\" width=\"336\" height=\"280\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB) has waded into the dispute between the Nigeria Liquefied Natural Gas (NLNG) and a Nigerian company, 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