Mr Wale
Oloko, the Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in Guangzhou,
China, on Monday admonished young Nigerians aspiring to travel to China for
employment purposes to look elsewhere. Oloko told newsmen in Lagos that it had
been and would continue to be difficult for unskilled Nigerians to secure even
menial jobs in China.
The
consul-general, however, said that it was only “exceptionally skilled’’
Nigerians in artificial intelligence, Information Technology and other areas
that could be considered for employment in China. “Nigerians wanting to travel
to travel to China for employment must appreciate the fact that China currently
has a population of about 1.4 billion people. “And the Chinese government has
to first be able to provide employment for the Chinese. “And besides that,
there is the language barrier for Nigerians wanting to get employment in China
to contend with. “Let me, therefore, say that there are not many employment
opportunities for Nigerians or other foreigners who want to travel to any part
of China to do menial jobs,’’ he said. The consul-general said that it was only
those Nigerians who were ‘’exceptionally good’’ in some areas yet to be
explored by the Chinese that were likely to be offered employment in China.
Oloko, who was visiting Nigeria so as to strengthen China and Nigeria
relations, said that China was currently favourable to Nigerians who would be
visiting for studies, tourism and business purposes. He said that the over 70,
000 Nigerians that travelled to the Guangdong Province in 2016, had visited the
Chinese province for business, tourism, education and healthcare issues. The
bilateral relations between the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the People’s
Republic of China have expanded on growing bilateral trade and strategic
cooperation. China is considered one of Nigeria’s closest allies and partners.
China is also one of Nigeria’s important trading and export partners, with
trade relations hitting the 2.7 billion dollar mark in 2017. NAN
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