Do Foreigners In Nigeria Get Preferential Treatment?

With so many graduates and qualified people in Nigeria, why do companies always seek to employ foreigners "expat'' to do jobs that Nigerians can do. Seems like we still have the colonial mind! My brother works in a hotel, where his manager used to work in the UK as a front desk receptionist, Why because he has managerial experience? He is white?   

Do we have employment policies that protect jobs for Nigerians?  For example, see this job ad, culled from: http://nigeriawhatisnew(dot)blogspot(dot)com/2006/10/another-reason-nigeriaafrica-does-not.html

Job Title: IT Project Manager
Salary/Pay Rate: £1,050 - £1,300 pcm
Location: Lagos
Other Unique Job ID: 9466263
Ideal for candidates from Eastern Europe e.g. Romania, Ukraine, Belarus etc with the following profile:
IT Background:- Windows server and networking- SQL server
Telecom Background:- TCP-/IP, networking- WAN and CDMA, GPRS knowledge is good but not mandatory

I found this unbelievable comment from the post in that link - quite shallow, and remarkably shameful.
"Condoning prejudice against your own people is in deed a shameful thing. " - moi



- The job opening is not seeking an astronaut, or rocket scientist. So why is it not open to the few Nigerians that have mastered the art. The ad did not even specify what level of experitise or years of experience needed. But the only thing precise about the ad was that it sort for "foreigners".

Why do you think European countries like France are lagging behind the US economically?  Too much protectionism.

The US is not so free, but when you compare it to France or other European countries, the difference is clear.
Somehow the US manages to retain market freedom in the most essential areas. They always leave loopholes.