Isn't the Chinese business community in Nigeria like ripping us off? I mean they get to dunp those awful ersatz "clothes" in Nigeria, imitation hair extensions, pay our casual employees peanuts, swindle our naive government employees and indulge in corporate espionage. a Nigerian entrepreneur or businessperson won't get away with any of this in The People's Republic Of China. Think about it.

True talk.

@gblaze

very solid point. Our govt puts up with the crap because we need foreign
investment so badly. You know the little peanuts they pay is better than
nothing at all, atleast they are providing small employment for the masses.

But you are right, our govt puts up with their crap and it shouldn't

No, this is business! China offers a large market for Africa, too. It is up to us to grab hold of this opportnity instead of lamenting endlessly as ever!

they should be kicked out of d country. fuc*king china people

Very Well said

if you think that china is a curse, no problem, u can buy from UK, USA,or any other country! in business there is no enforcement!

if same quality goods, but europeans charge you 2,3,4 times more than chinese, who is gonna to BANKRUPT you

If we could just get this damn 24/hr electricity! All these problems would go away.

Do you belive me when I say that Nigeria could make products half the price that china does?

If 24/hr power doesn't come by the end of GEJ's term heads need to roll.

@posters, you are all worried about commodities, what about human capital. for over 2+ years i have been trying to build a small home at Agbara and my building contractor+architect and his band of local merry yoruba workmen have been giving me excuses for delays from Rain destroyed the cement, or omonile's stole the metal fence components to malaria sick workmen. It took the will of steel to sack them and appoint a Lebanese who is into construction and in less than 6 months I am at lintel level. He brought a whole lot of Chinese workmen from Ikorodu and you won't believe the quality of their work, absolutely brilliant. I did not pay nearly as much as I paid my yoruba contractor. The Chinese are also taking teh non-skilled work from un-serious bunch of artisans we have in abundance and for cheap too.

Nigeria needs China so badly it is becoming an addiction - from Textiles, Generators, Electronics, Toothpicks and Slippers. we do not have the mettle to produce quality commodities for export so why complain when we get cheap imports

Maybe you need to switch from yoruba workmen to Igbo. Perhaps then you will get some relief.

haha jk. But I do see your point, Chinese construction workers are well known for being good at what they do.

China rules the production world. 85% of Walmart goods are made in china, 80% of the clothes and shoes you fly from Lagos to NY to buy in big names stores are made in china, YES you heard me "MADE IN CHINA". Though the difference is that they are made to designer's specification. 90% of the local designers in Nigeria knowingly or unknowingly get their raw materials from China. Our investment terrain is hostile to investors until govt corrects the anomaly they have no basis to tell an investor what not to do especially when Ghana is a stone throw away.

You really are a novice, havent travelled out of nigeria before i guess , start with the foremost problems, how are these so called imitated item got into Nigeria, through our customs, Cant they check the items, secondly they pay peanuts ?, But arent forcing them to work, Even in the states, when you go to some walmart stores, you see low quality shirts and shoes that go for as low as 2 bucks, So you see, its everwhere, Last point, try to get creative instead of complaning, make these items here, if you are not happy with china,

@dinggle let's not mix up the branded designers stuff that's produced in China for the big American companies to the cheap stuff the Chinese make for the Nigerian/African markets.I don't care how "cheap" they are, there should be a set standard for goods imported to Nigeria. Anyway I blame those clowns in Aso Rock.

ragdollz:

@dinggle let's not mix up the branded designers stuff that's produced in China for the big American companies to the cheap stuff the Chinese make for the Nigerian/African markets.I don't care how "cheap" they are, there should be a set standard for goods imported to Nigeria. Anyway I blame those clowns in Aso Rock.

Point of correction, China does not make cheap products specially for the Nigerian Market rather its our brothers in their bid to make fast money that buys replica instead of the original product, China supplies to the whole world so you cannot just chase them out of nigeria, instead you need to restructure what comes into the country

Does anyone know of a chinese business association? I'd certainly like to market my products to them.

actually a lot of coins change hand in the process so who is to blame, eager to exploit Chinese or corrupt Nigerian Officials?

welcome to travel to china.everyone.