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“I’ve met Nigerian engineers who couldn’t use a voltmeter and doctors who who couldn’t interpret blood test results” – White man says

by Staff writer

Asking for advice online can be a little tricky; most times you don’t get what you need!

On a popular online forum, a Nigerian man seeking advice on how to easily emigrate to the US received the funniest advice from a white man.


Richard Munrow, who says he is a security consultant for an NGO, told the poster his experience with Nigerian graduates.

“If you have a high-level of education giving you a real skill set in demand such as being a doctor or engineer (and you didn’t just buy your degree) then you may have a chance of a skilled immigrant visa,” Munrow says.

He then went on to say he’s met ‘Nigerian engineers who couldn’t use a voltmeter’.

“Seriously I’ve met so-called degree-qualified electrical engineers in your country who couldn’t use a voltmeter and doctors who couldn’t interpret blood test results.

“Better to stay in Nigeria and try to build a life there, if enough Nigerians did that then the country wouldn’t be such a disaster that you all want to leave,” Munrow says.

About Daniel Nkado

Daniel Nkado is a Nigerian writer and social researcher whose work examines Black identity, racism, institutional inequality, social power and belonging. He is the founder of DNB Stories Africa. Read more about Daniel, including his research methodology and full biography, here.

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