•••GROUP TO START PRODUCTION OF COVERALLS BY DECEMBER 2022
The Future Concerns Group in Lekki, Lagos State is to start the production of Coveralls by December this year.
This was disclosed by the Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board (NCDMB), Engr. Simbi Kesiye Wabote on Saturday.
He made the statement while laying the foundation stone of a Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Factory being developed by Future Concerns Group in Lekki, Lagos.
The Factory would manufacture products under the trademark of Red Wings, one of the world’s leading producers of top-range PPEs.
The Network gathered that the construction of the factory is already underway, and it is expected to be opened in December 2022.
It was learned that it would start with the manufacturing of coveralls, before expanding to safety shoes, hard hats, and safety goggles.
Speaking after touring the company’s existing facilities and the factory under construction, Wabote commended the management of Future Concerns Group for their patriotic decision to domicile the PPE manufacturing facility, in Nigeria instead of continually serving as the distributor agent of imported Red Wings products.
He expressed hope that the factory would start manufacturing coveralls by December 2022 as scheduled and grow systematically to produce other Red Wings PPE products in the country.
He expressed regret that operators of the Nigerian’s oil and gas industry prefer to import several equipment components and items that could easily be manufactured in the country.
According to him, there is hope that the trend would be corrected with the efforts of committed investors like the founder of Future Concerns Group.
Wabote highlighted the remarkable difference between PPEs used in the oil and gas industry and the ones used in other sectors.
He stressed that PPEs meant for the oil industry must be fire-resistant as well as meet other specific ISO standards.
He further emphasised that manufacturing facilities provide opportunities to create jobs for Nigerians.
He charged other representatives of original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to emulate Future Concerns Group by developing clear plans to domicile the manufacturing of the items they currently import.
According to him, Future Concerns’ Personal Protective Equipment factory would go beyond the oil and gas industry and serve other sectors.
He mentioned construction and power industries as veritable sectors that need to be serviced by PPE.
Group Managing Director of Future Concerns Group, Engr. Tony Oguike credited the great efforts of the company to the Executive Secretary and the NCDMB whom he said motivated Nigerian service companies to invest in strategic facilities in the oil and gas industry and by ensuring that they get patronized by operators in the industry.
“This factory is going to be internationally certified and hopefully, NCDMB will be proud of it and future chief executives and manufacturers will look to it and improve their investments and strategies.”
In a statement by NCDMB Corporate Communications on Friday, the company said;
“The Future Concerns Group has diversified operations and operates Future Oilfield Services Limited, Future Concerns Safety Centre, MSA Service Centre, and Future Automations, which offer calibration technical services.
“Some of the services offered by the group include Fixed Gas Portable Gas, Fall Protection, Engineered System, Emergency Response, Lock Out and Tag Out, Safety Signages, Risk Assessment for sites, Environmental Management, and Pollution Management and Control.” The statement reads.
