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 reporters 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 โexceptionally skilledโโ Nigerians in artificial intelligence, Information Technology and other areas that could be considered for employment in China.
โNigerians 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.
โAnd the Chinese government has to first be able to provide employment for the Chinese.
โAnd besides that, there is the language barrier for Nigerians wanting to get employment in China to contend with.
โLet me, therefore, say that there are not many employmentopportunities for Nigerians or other foreigners who want to travel to any part of China to do menial jobs,โโ he said.
The consul-general said that it was only those Nigerians who were โโexceptionally goodโโ 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 Peopleโs Republic of China have expanded on growing bilateral trade and strategic cooperation.
China is considered one of Nigeriaโs closest allies and partners. China is also one of Nigeriaโs important trading and export partners, with trade relations hitting the 2.7 billion dollar mark in 2017.
