omohayek:
It’s almost as if you were reading my mind! Leaving aside for the moment the fact that enforcing laws only lies within the authority of the executive, which in Nigeria means the Presidency and its appointees, the only time when Nigerian politicians care about rigorous enforcement of any laws is when they either want to blackmail somebody into paying them off, or they want to take revenge on someone who has refused to do so.

It’s sheer nonsense that a country so badly in need of FDI should be treating the representative of one of its few foreign investors in such a manner, and seeing ignorant Nigerians cheering on this preposterous charade only makes it all worse.

Oga, if the Korean had all the valid permits, the Senate wouldn't have been able to do anything. Or didn't you read the excuse given by the Korean guy? Can you as a Nigerian, go to South Korea and work without the requisite work permits and relevant documents?

LaudableXX:

Oga, if the Korean had all the valid permits, the Senate wouldn't have been able to do anything. Or didn't you read the excuse given by the Korean guy? Can you as a Nigerian, go to South Korea and work without the requisite work permits and relevant documents?

1. Did you bother to read what the manager had to say about not requesting and not getting the required documents on time? Did you bother to read what other commenters have said corroborating his statements? Didn't you hear about the passport shortage issue that has affected so many ordinary Nigerians? Are you living in some other country than Nigeria, where officials are actually known for doing their jobs efficiently and on time?
2. Even if all of the above weren't the case, since when has it been the Senate's job to enforce laws, or even to order their enforcement? Is the Senate an immigration court? Is it part of the executive?

Stop defending rubbish out of a perverted sense of nationalistic pride. Nigeria is hardly the sort of place South Koreans are desperate to want to come to, and from that manager's perspective I'm sure he'd have preferred to have been sent to nearly anywhere else in Asia, Europe or the Americas, rather than take on such a hardship posting in a sh*thole country run by thieving idiots. The odds of any gainfully employed person in a functioning country wanting to violate Nigeria's immigration regulations is probably lower than your odds of winning the US Powerball lottery.

EsotericMonk:
Boss, I think the question we should be asking ourselves is
1) is he an illegal immigrant or not?
2) did he contravene the local content act?
3) are his papers regularised or not?

The world over, backroom stuffs go on , even by govt agencies to give their preferred company an advantage, but it would be bad enough if you are competing as a foreign company yet contravening the laws of the land. If a Nigerian company or director was guilty of this in a foreign company, Nigerians would be tagged as fraudsters. My colleague defaulted on credit payment in the UK and he got redflagged by his bank. Even after paying up, his 'poor credit history' haunts him wherever he goes.
Before we go into the hypothetical discussion of if he is being victimized or not, let's look at what has been placed before us.

PS: I have tried to share the local content act , just in case anyone wants to know wosup but e no dey gree enter.

Thank you, o! If you know some of what goes on in a number of multinational companies operating here, you will shout in anger. Do you know how well they cut corners when it comes to getting work permits for their expatriate staff? Yet, when one of them is caught for wrong doing, our own people try to gloss over his misdeeds by saying it would send a wrong signal to FDI investors. Wtf?

omohayek:

1. Did you bother to read what the manager had to say about not requesting and not getting the required documents on time? Did you bother to read what other commenters have said corroborating his statements? Didn't you hear about the passport shortage issue that has affected so many ordinary Nigerians? Are you living in some other country than Nigeria, where officials are actually known for doing their jobs efficiently and on time?
2. Even if all of the above weren't the case, since when has it been the Senate's job to enforce laws, or even to order their enforcement? Is the Senate an immigration court? Is it part of the executive?

Stop defending rubbish out of a perverted sense of nationalistic pride. Nigeria is hardly the sort of place South Koreans are desperate to want to come to, and from that manager's perspective I'm sure he'd have preferred to have been sent to nearly anywhere else in Asia, Europe or the Americas, rather than take on such a hardship posting in a sh*thole country run by thieving idiots. The odds of any gainfully employed person in a functioning country wanting to violate Nigeria's immigration regulations is probably lower than your odds of winning the US Powerball lottery.

The Korean was lying. Abeg, leave dat side about what other commenters said....how many of those commenters are well-informed? I have worked for various multinationals, and I know for a fact that in many cases, they bring in expatriates who start working here on a visitors visa, before they try to then turn round to apply for a work permit. Some don't even bother, and they continue working using their visitor's visa until it expires.

The immigration service has not come out to say the Korean had a valid point, or their machines were NOT working like he claimed. So what is your beef? If truly he did not have valid papers, then he should have left the country and waited for his papers to be approved, before coming back in here, to work. I repeat: you as a Nigerian, can you try the same thing that Korean did, if you had to work in his own country? Would you be allowed to work in Korea, without a valid permit? No need for name calling. A simple yes or no, would do! Yes, Nigeria is a shi*thole according to you, but what was the Korean doing here, working on our shores without a valid permit?

You also said: "The odds of any gainfully employed person in a functioning country wanting to violate Nigeria's immigration regulations is probably lower than your odds of winning the US Powerball lottery." Let me laugh very well in my native dialect. I take it that you have not interacted with a lot of expatriates in Nigeria.

So all the Indians, Lebanese, Chinese, and nationals of other West African countries that come into Nigeria and stay on long after their visas and permits have expired, do not want to violate Nigeria's immigration laws? Do you know how well many of those Indians, Lebanese, Chinese etc expatriates are treated here? A lot of them are treated like tin gods, and given posh lifestyles and facilities, they would probably never enjoy in their home countries.

I once had a British boss who confessed to me that coming to Nigeria, was a blessing for him, because it was here that he learnt how to play golf at Ikoyi Club. He would never be able to afford the membership fees of a golf club on his salary, neither would he have been able to pay for a chauffeur who would be at his beck & call 24x7 with a 4-wheel drive vehicle, if he had been back home in England. The day we did a send-off party for him, he cried like a baby on his departure!