Abstract
This study was carried out to find solutions to three fundamental questions: “to what extent has
PTDF contributed towards achieving human capacity development in Nigeria?” “to what extent
has PTDF intervention impacted the oil and gas industry in the last ten years in Nigeria?” and
“how sustainable is local content policy under the present PTDF mandate in Nigeria?” The
research was predicated on the skills gap audit report (2018 – 2023) of PTDF as a baseline study
while leveraging on the secondary data sets of the PTDF trio-capacity development strategies
from 2011 – 2021. The research was formulated on both descriptive and analytical statistics
methods based on the industry need assessment. A comparative analysis of the Skills Gap Audit
(SGA) and Secondary Data Sets (SDS) was carried out using arithmetic mean and deviation from
the assumed mean of the unclassified data. The results established that more key performance
indicators were captured in the SDS (mean of 23.04 and deviation of 0.4) against the imputed
values in the SGA (mean 4.52 and deviation of 0.5 respectively). The implication therefore is that
PTDF has contributed more significantly to human capacity development programmes than
indicated in the SGA report. However challenging indicators could be turned into opportunities if
the extant law is amended to broaden the frontiers of investment-divestment strategies through
public-private partnership for sustainable local content policy of PTDF. This research is useful
for policy formulation and decision-making on local content in Nigeria.