Tim Newman is a British expatriate in the global oil and gas industry that spent 3 years in the Nigeria oil industry as an expatriate. In this epistle he published on his blog, he narrated his time in Nigeria, his ordeal, what he saw and what he thinks of Nigeria.
"Okay, so now I’ve got a post about Melbourne out of the way it’s time for me to say a little something about Nigeria. With the exception of a week in October when I need to clear out my apartment, I’ve pretty much left Nigeria. My assignment there officially finished on 31st July, although I will have to return for business trips over the course of the next 3 years because the project I am on in Melbourne is for Nigeria.
Somebody once said that there is much to write about Russia, but when one tries you can never find the words to write the first line. Nigeria is much the same, and indeed there are many similarities between the two countries. I have tried to describe Nigeria to people who have never been there, and failed on most occasions.