Thread by @PandemicTruther

At least 12 Chinese have been elected Chiefs in Nigeria. It's a way for the locals to retain the involvement of the Chinese personalities in local affairs once a project (mainly railway) is finished. Some are honorary, some have real powers to run a domain.

This chief is the head of Confucius Institute. Being a chief, they have a say in the local affairs. They usually mobilize funds to build schools and other useful minor projects of public welfare. Every village wants a Chinese chief. 😄

One Chinese engineer has become arbiter of village disputes. He was so respected that he was granted the title of chief. Even after he has gone back to China, he has his deputy representatives administer the village affairs on his behalf. He comes back once a year to audit.

What did Kong Tao do to merit the title of chief:

"In addition to the busy work, Kong Tao spent a lot of time on doing good things for local people. The Pai Pei village near the railway project has a public elementary school, the school building is crumbling,

Kong Tao led people to build three brand new school buildings. After that, Pai Pei village elementary school also became Kong Tao's centre of interest. He and colleagues often participated in the school activities, the local people called him "Principal Kong".

He personally financed the construction of the road connecting to the Muslim Hajj meeting point and the access road to the central garbage disposal site in Gosa. He also built a simple soccer field for the children of the village of Karamajiji."

All the people elected "chief" won the title with extraordinary personal contributions and leadership over the years.

These people are out of school engineers. Initially, the locals asked favors, like, "Can you use your machine to drill a well for us?". These young engineers are very interested. It doesn't cost them much. One little miracle after another, villagers thenbestow title of "chiefs".

These are supremely capable individuals. They're knowledgeable, have machines, technology, funds and authority. Looks as if they can solve a lot of concrete everyday problems for the locals. Kong's subtitle is "engineering chief". It's the awe of the locals to industrial power.