QA问答：为什么这么多外国人去了尼日利亚，就认为尼日利亚好？
Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
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期望值管理问题。就像人们认为美国是一个完美的国家，街道上到处都是黄金，每个角落都是金钱，社会和平幸福。但当他们看到美国有那么多无家可归的人，和那么多对美国医疗和政治制度不满意的人时，他们很失望。
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Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
为什么这么多外国人去了尼日利亚，就认为尼日利亚好？
为什么这么多外国人去了尼日利亚，就认为尼日利亚好？
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It is simply the expectations. Almost the same way people feel that the USA is completely perfect with streets of gold, money in every corner and a peaceful and happy society. But then they are disappointed to see homeless people and so many people who are unsatisfied with the US medical and political system.
When people think of Nigeria, and Africa generally, they think of these
期望值管理问题。就像人们认为美国是一个完美的国家，街道上到处都是黄金，每个角落都是金钱，社会和平幸福。但当他们看到美国有那么多无家可归的人，和那么多对美国医疗和政治制度不满意的人时，他们很失望。
当人们想到尼日利亚和非洲时，他们想到的是这些：
But then they are met with things like these
但是，后来他们遇到了这些：
All of these are in Nigeria .
No doubt that Nigeria has way more homeless people than America (about 48x more), but the expectations people have about both countries means that they will be impressed in Nigeria and a little disappointed about America.
Besides, Nigeria is a very interesting country. Nigerians are so proud of their country especially in the presence of foreigners, but Nigerians speaking to other Nigerians tend to speak more about Nigeria''s problems. Nigerians have a wonderful vibe and tend to be successful abroad, so it''s normal for people to be impressed.
上面的所有图片都是尼日利亚。
毫无疑问，尼日利亚的无家可归者比美国多得多（大约是美国的48倍），但人们对这两个国家的期望，意味着他们会对尼日利亚印象深刻，对美国有点失望。
此外，尼日利亚是一个非常有趣的国家。尼日利亚人为自己的国家感到骄傲，尤其是在外国人面前，但尼日利亚人与其他尼日利亚人交谈时往往更多地谈论尼日利亚的问题。尼日利亚人有一种美妙的感应，在国外往往会取得成功，所以给人留下深刻印象是很正常的。
Well, you sound like a foreigner, let me tell you just a little about foreigners here in Nigeria.
I worked in a power station somewhere in the south, otherwise known as the Niger Delta, and all the foreign engineers were referred to as expatriates and were heavily protected by Nigerian Soldiers. Can you imagine a foreigner being treated like some prime minister? Yes, that is exactly how Nigerians treat foreigners. And just when I thought I have seen it all, the University I work with presently has foreigners as lecturers, and of course, they are still called expatriates, but that is not all, they are paid over $7000 a month, they all have at least 2 bedrooms flats of their own and a Vehicle with a driver, all provided by the school authorities.
好吧，你听起来像个外国人，让我和你说说在尼日利亚的外国人。
我在尼日利亚南部某个地方的一个发电站工作，也就是尼日尔三角洲，所有的外国工程师都被称为外籍人员，受到尼日利亚士兵的严密保护。
你能想象一个外国人被当作首相对待吗？是的，这正是尼日利亚人对待外国人的方式。
就在我认为我已经看到了所有的一切的时候，我所在地的大学有了外国人担任讲师，当然，他们仍然被称为外籍人士，但这还不是全部，他们每月的工资超过7000美元，他们都有自己的至少带有两间卧室的公寓和一辆带司机的车，所有这些都是由学校当局提供的。
This is Nigeria for you. We love foreigners. We treat foreigners with far more respect than they usually have in their home country. We make you feel at home and take care of you in any way humanly possible. Our government loves strangers more than our fellow countrymen and that is why strangers troop in here to have all our jobs because Nigeria is indeed good to strangers!
The Nigerian government may be bad to its citizens but never to foreigners.
上述情况令尼日利亚同胞感到恶心，因为数百万尼日利亚人可以做与外国人相同的工作，甚至做得更好。有些外国人说英语，但对我们来说听起来很奇怪，你必须仔细听，才能理解他们在说什么……我真的很同情他们教的那些学生。
这就是尼日利亚给你的。我们喜欢外国人。我们对待外国人要比他们在本国受到的尊重多得多。我们让您有宾至如归的感觉，并以任何可能的方式照顾您。我们的政府比我们的同胞更爱陌生人，这就是为什么陌生人涌入这里来拥有我们所有的工作，因为尼日利亚对陌生人真的很好！
尼日利亚政府可能对本国公民不好，但绝不会对外国人不好。
Who did we offend???
Edit: I'm not against foreigners working in Nigeria as ‘Quora moderators' and some comments suggest. I'm against the way and manner foreigners are being treated by our government and even fellow Nigerians. They almost always go butterflies when they see a white foreigner. We do foreigners favors we won't do to our countrymen and women. We know how Nigerians get treated abroad, I'm not saying we should return evil for evil, I only want us to value our fellow countrymen like we value foreigners.
God bless Nigeria.
我们冒犯了谁？？？
编辑：我并不反对外国人作为一个UP主，讲诉自己在尼日利亚的工作情况，评论中也暗示了这一点。我反对的是，我国政府还有尼日利亚同胞，对待外国人的方式和方法。
当他们看到一个白人外国人时，几乎总是手足无措。我们向外国人提供我们不会对我们的同胞和妇女提供的好处。
我们知道尼日利亚人在国外受到的待遇，我并不是说我们应该以恶还恶，我只想让我们像重视外国人一样重视我们的同胞。
愿上帝保佑尼日利亚。
I've been to Nigeria but only to visit. I see it as unfair for outsiders to work there when there are Nigerians that don't get proper pay.
I don't see Nigeria as good or bad. I just see it as different and the difference in culture can be a breath of fresh air. The only issue I had was that I was seen as a bank and not a person by some, because I was white and it meant I had money. In truth I spent all my money on the travel. I was visiting with a family and they were caring for me during my short visit. Other than those trying to cash out on me, the kindness I received is nothing like back home and was instantly treated like family.
If you are a lover of cultures and food there is no way you cannot fall in love with the people of Nigeria.
我去过尼日利亚，但只是为了拜访朋友。我认为，但本地尼日利亚人都无法得到适当的报酬时，外国人去那里工作是不公平的。
我不想评判尼日利亚是好还是坏。我只是认为这是不同的，文化上的差异可以是一股新鲜空气。我唯一的问题是，我被一些人视为一个取款机，而不是一个人，因为我是白人，这意味着我有钱。
事实上，我把所有的钱都花在了旅行上。我去拜访了一家人，在我短暂的拜访期间，他们一直在照顾我。除了那些试图从我身上套现的人，我得到的善意与家乡完全不同，我立刻被当作家人对待。
如果你是一个文化和食物的爱好者，你一定会爱上尼日利亚人民的。
The answer to this question, like the answer to other Nigerian questions lie in the history of Nigeria. Particularly the creation of Nigeria. You see, government, education and democracy as we have it presently in Nigeria were literally created by foreigners (their motives is a subject of another discussion). The administration back then was predominantly ‘foreign’ and they helped themselves to the best the land could offer while repressing any voice of decent. As the calls for independence grew louder, the foreigners handed the reigns of power (however sinisterly) back to Nigerians. The ideology of government administration by a foreign conquering force still linger on. Despite the best intentions of the independence fighters coupled with a series of unfortunate military coups, the fate of Nigerians in power treating civilian Nigerians like cattle (no 'Jubril from Sudan' pun intended) and Nigerians treating foreigners (Caucasians particularly) like king was set. When the oil boom started, Nigeria didn't have local expertise to deal with it so we turned to ‘foreign’ Nationals. Like the colonial era, the foreigners had access to the juiciest oil deals and government officials shared oil-blocks among themselves (much like the colonial administrators).
这个问题的答案，就像尼日利亚其他问题的答案一样，在于尼日利亚的历史。
尤其是尼日利亚的创建过程。
你看，尼日利亚目前的政府、教育和民主，实际上是由外国人创造的（这些外国人的动机就是另外一个需要讨论的话题了）。
当时的政府主要成员都是“外国”的，他们尽可能的帮助自己人，同时压制任何体面的声音。随着要求独立的呼声越来越高，外国人将权力（无论多么邪恶）交还给了尼日利亚人。
外国征服力量管理政府的意识形态仍然挥之不去。尽管独立战士的初衷是好的，再加上一系列不幸的军事政变，但掌权的尼日利亚人对待平民尼日利亚人就像对待牛一样（并非双关语，来自苏丹的朱布里勒说的），尼日利亚人对待外国人（尤其是高加索人），就像对待国王一样。建国开始命运就已经注定。
当石油繁荣开始时，尼日利亚当地没有专业知识来应对，所以我们转向了“外国”国民。与殖民时代一样，外国人可以获得最丰厚的石油交易，政府官员之间共享石油区块（很像殖民地的管理者）。
Nigerians are welcoming but we are a little extra when we meet an “oyinbo”. It goes to the root of how the country came to be. So when a foreign comes here, they tend to get the best of treatments and because they mostly come with a stronger currency they tend to be able to 'buy' their way through an a corruption ridden country. So yeah, Nigeria is good to foreigners much like it's good to it's elite (Those who've joined the ranks of government and corporately annointed bigmen). The Chinese are presently enjoying this privilege mostly at the moment. They tend to have stuff fall in their lap, remember the Chinese restaurant where non Chinese people can't enter in Ikeja? Yeah, that's what I'm talking about.
长话短说，我们的政府和与外国人（尤其是高加索人）之间的关系，是被征服者与征服者的斗争。
Chimamanda Adichie（尼日利亚当今最著名的女作家之一），说过一些这样的话：
“在我的成长过程中，读过一些白人孩子穿着女士连衣裙和西装吃苹果的故事。但当我长大，我发现这不是我们的现实。”
我希望我能领会其中的精髓。
尼日利亚人很受欢迎，但当我们遇到“白人”时，我们就有点多余了。这关系到这个国家是如何形成的。
因此，当外国人来到这里时，他们往往会得到最好的待遇，而且因为他们大多数都携带着更强大的货币，他们往往能够在一个腐败猖獗的国家“购买”更多服务。
所以，是的，尼日利亚对外国人很好，就像对精英阶层（那些加入政府和企业界的大人物）很好一样。目前，主要是中国人在享受这一特权。好处会自动落在他们头上。还记得在伊凯贾有一家非中国人不能进入的中餐馆吗？
是的，这就是我想说的一切。
Because the international media has greatly misrepresented Nigeria a lot and put Nigeria in bad light but when foreigners actually come in and see the real situation it becomes evidently clear that Nigeria is good.
因为国际媒体对尼日利亚进行了大量扭曲报道，对尼日利亚的评价很差，但当外国人真正来到尼日利亚，看到真实情况时，很明显尼日利亚是好的。
I once worked in an organization where I took over from a foreigner, as the head.
See the comparative statistics below:
Foreigner (white skinned)
Ordinary Diploma holder
Nil number of years of on-the-job experience (his white skin got him the job)
No Technical Expertise (he learnt on-the-job when he was employed)
Paid heavily in dollars
Flight ticket provided for resumption
Given a brand new car + driver
Had a Chef cook and serve his meals
House with stand-by Generator
Not much value was added to the company because he lacked requisite technical expertise
Above all, was given a King’s treatment
我曾经在一个组织工作，在那里我接替了一位外国人，担任负责人。
请参阅以下比较数据：
1、外国人（白皮肤）
2、普通文凭持有者
3、零年的工作经验（他的白皮肤让他得到了这份工作）
4、没有技术专长（他受雇时需要在工作中学习）
5、以美元支付工资
6、提供复航机票
7、给一辆全新的汽车+司机
8、请厨师做饭并上菜
9、带备用发电机的房屋
10、由于他缺乏必要的技术专长，并没有给公司增加多少价值
11、最重要的是，得到了国王一样的待遇
Ph.D. holder
Three decades of on-the-job experience
Excellent technical expertise
Paid in local currency
Found my way to the place to resume
No car given, no driver given
No Chef.
House with no stand-by Generator
Added more value to the company because of my technical expertise
Given a Prince’s treatment
The foreigner under reference, after some years on-the-job, was snatched away by another company, and given improved conditions of service, also mainly because of his white skin, which is a marketing strategy in the industry.
Did I hear you ask Why do so many foreigners go to Nigeria and think Nigeria is good?
Hmmmmm!
我（本地土著）
1、博士学位持有者
2、三十年的工作经验
3、优秀的技术专长
4、以当地货币支付工资
5、不提供回去的费用
6、没有给车，没有给司机
7、没有厨师。
8、无含有备用发电机的房屋
9、由于我的专业技术，为公司增加了更多价值
10、得到王子的待遇
参考中的外国人在工作了几年后，被另一家公司抢走了，并得到了更好的服务条件，这也主要是因为他的白皮肤，这是该行业的一种营销策略。
我说的，有没有让你明白，为什么这么多外国人去尼日利亚，并认为尼日利亚很好？
嗯！
I'm a Nigerian. And your facts are verifiable. Nigerians aren't Xenophobic in any way even though we could discriminate against one another (ethnically, religiously and so forth) but we love foreigners with open arms…. What an irony.
Some lowest level Chinese will come down here and open some little business and then start threatening their Nigerian employees of retrenchment, Indians are known to be notorious about owing their employees wages…I mean they don't pay and they treat Nigerians (citizens of where they're operating business) like trash.
The Indians are somewhat dirty. I've seen couple of them throwing garbages on the highways from their cars (probably thinking nothing will happen afterall.) Don't forget Indians deficate on the street in their own country.
我是尼日利亚人。而且你的事实是可以证实的。尼日利亚人在任何方面都没有仇外心理，尽管我们可能会相互歧视（种族、宗教等），但我们喜欢张开双臂的外国人……真讽刺。
一些最底层的中国人会来到这里，开一些小企业，然后开始恐吓他们的尼日利亚员工，说要裁员。众所周知，印度人因拖欠员工工资而臭名昭著……我的意思是，他们不付钱，他们把尼日利亚人（他们经营企业的公民）当作垃圾对待。
印度人有些肮脏。我见过他们中的几个人在高速公路上从车里往外扔垃圾（他们可能认为这不会有任何后果）。别忘了印度人在自己国家的街道上乱扔垃圾的行为。
Unless you're working in a notoriously giant organization with maybe 10 years experience, a freshly employed Nigerian versus an imported employee from India or US, France, Lebanon etc would earn 10x higher even while probably doing nothing.
尼日利亚移民是最容易的。人们只要想进就进，想出就出。尼日利亚如此通融，以至于2014年一名埃博拉患者从埃博拉肆虐的利比里亚飞过来……尼日利亚公民因接触而死于这种致命的疾病。比起我们，政府更喜欢外国人。
除非你在一个臭名昭著的大型组织有10年工作经验，否则，比起雇佣一个尼日利亚人新人，他们更喜欢雇佣一个从印度、美国、法国、黎巴嫩等国引进的员工。即使他们可能什么都不做，收入也会高出10倍。
Thats it. Nigerians are naturally accommodating. That's how we did way back when we first had contact with the white men. We even sold them our own people in exchange for mirror and Gun powders which we used to hunt our own people and then sell them over to the ship at the Point of Return heading to the Americas.
Nigerians are accommodating. Very very. Its only here that soldiers beat up citizens but protect illegal aliens.
我不是在编故事。我是在凭经验说话。我目前的工作的地方，在去年的一些时候雇佣了一些印度开发人员。他们简直是灾难。一切都是尼日利亚人做的。这些印度的家伙，只是每天说着我们几乎听不懂的话，每天找借口和抱怨。他们最后自己辞职了……公司可能害怕解雇他们……笑死我了。
就是这样。尼日利亚人天生就很随和。很久以前，当我们第一次与白人接触时，我们就是这样做的。我们甚至把我们自己的人卖给了他们，以换取望远镜和火药，我们用这些望远镜和火药来猎杀自己的人，然后，把他们卖给要返回的船。然后驶向美洲。
尼日利亚人很通融。非常非常通融。只有在这里，士兵才殴打公民，却保护非法外国人。
Nigeria is a really funny country…because we have funny officials. Officials that blamed money frauds on Snakes and monkeys…. Wow. If I Continue to write why you should come to Nigeria, you'll pick a ticket tomorrow…you don't need to visit any embassy it acquire any document. Just board a plane heading to Lagos. No one will question you so far you've got pale skin or at least curly bushy hair…that makes you look foreign……
God Bless Nigeria.
警察会无缘无故地逮捕你，如果你运气不好，甚至会杀了你，但对于意外来到这里的外人却愿意给出引导……笑死我了。
尼日利亚是一个非常有趣的国家……因为我们有有趣的官员。官员们将金钱欺诈归咎于蛇和猴子……哇！如果我继续写你为什么要来尼日利亚，你可能明天就会去订一张机票……你不需要访问任何大使馆，就可以获得任何许可文件。只需登上飞往拉各斯（尼日利亚的首都）的飞机即可。到目前为止，没有人会质疑你，毕竟你有苍白的皮肤，或者至少有浓密的卷发……这让你看起来很外国……
愿上帝保佑尼日利亚。
Simply because Nigerian offers a life they don’t get to experience at their base. The hospitality of the people, the genuine warmth that comes with the terrain. Also because you are a visitor or immigrant to be more precise, you are welcomed and offered the best as cultures of old always did to strangers.
仅仅是因为尼日利亚人提供了他们在老家无法体验的生活。人们热情好客，地形带来真正的温暖。更确切地说，因为你是游客或移民，所以你会受到欢迎，并得到最好的服务，就像古老的文化对陌生人所做的那样。
Well lots of people like trying out new countries and Nigeria is a popular country so that explains why people visit a lot
The only reasonable reasons why people come to Nigeria and see it as a good place is cause it really is .
Nigerians are interesting people who value culture and morals a lot and most people see the good and creative side of Nigerians .
No doubt even when people are in an area Nigerians classify as a bad area it actually is beautiful in it's own unique way and people not from there see in beauty .
Nigerian on its own has sites lots of sites to see and people that radiate drama.
Nigeria is a wonderful place honestly upon all the crisis it's unique.
很多人喜欢尝试新的国家，尼日利亚是一个受欢迎的国家，这就解释了为什么人们经常去。
人们来到尼日利亚并将其视为一个好地方的唯一合理原因是因为它确实100%是个好地方。
尼日利亚人是有趣的人，他们非常重视文化和道德，大多数人都看到了尼日利亚人善良和富有创造力的一面。
毫无疑问，即使人们生活在尼日利亚这个人们认为糟糕的地方，它实际上也以其独特的方式美丽着，而外来的人看到了他的美丽。
尼日利亚本身就有很多可以看的景点和散发戏剧气息的人。
老实说，尼日利亚是一个美妙的地方，尽管经历了所有的危机，但它是独一无二的。100%。
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There are several factors for that:
Nigerians are friendly and welcoming
Cultural diversity makes the country interesting for tourists
A range of traditional dishes make it a foodie's paradise
有几个因素：
1、尼日利亚人热情友好。
2、文化多样性使这个国家对游客来说很有趣。
3、一系列传统菜肴使这里成为美食家的天堂。
Nigeria government may not treat there people well. But they do not do do to foreigner. They treats foreigners like special people.
Some of the foreigners like the summer like weather of some part of Nigeria
Some of the will like to spend there valued currency in a country with less valued currency.
Some foreigners love Nigerian food and way of life(culture) they wanna know how it feel, they are like tourist.
尼日利亚政府可能不会善待那里的人民。但他们不会对外国人这样做。他们对待外国人就像对待特派的要人一样。
一些外国人喜欢尼日利亚部分地区类似夏天的天气。
有些人会喜欢在一个货币价值较低的国家消费有价值的货币。
一些外国人喜欢尼日利亚的食物和生活方式（文化），他们想知道那里的感觉，他们就像游客一样。
Nigeria Doesn’t Value its Human Resources.
They Beleive the white man or Foriegner is a better fit for some Job roles which is a practical lie.
Some Nigerians are very Innovative and Creative and can take head on tasks as the same Foreigner.
尼日利亚不重视自己的人力资源。
他们认为白人或外国人更适合一些工作角色，这是实际上是一个谎言。
一些尼日利亚人非常有创新精神和创造力，可以像同外国人一样承担任务。