Relocating to Nigeria

Home advantage, great business prospects plus increasing demand for international standards, make relocation to Nigeria a journey to opportunities.

Cities like Lagos have become focus of international attention not just for business and commerce, but for music, theatre, fashion and vibrant entertainment.

Abuja, Nigeria's capital city confidently offers a different and attractive appeal. Altogether Nigeria is getting more exciting.

The Process

The time and costs of travel, hotel accommodation, and inconveniences of engaging from a distance have inspired many to relocate to Nigeria.

Essentially, a successful move follows a well planned, well managed, and intelligently executed process.

It starts with regular visits to survey the social and business terrain of your preferred city, to reconnect with old friends and make new contacts.

The next step is to put things in place for your move. Relocation is a flexible process that may take months or years, depending on your personal preferences and circumstance.

The stage-by-stage model is the most popular method. It involves gradually sorting accommodation, mobility and employment during many visits to Nigeria that accelerate reintegration.

Another model that works is the one-time model.

Some people prefer to arrive into the family home or rented accommodation with sufficient funds to start a business and acquire property.

Whichever route you take, with careful planning and diligent management, you can arrive and settle in Nigeria successfully.

Change of base is not desirable to all. We have served clients who simply want to set up in Nigeria for international mobility, business and lifestyle reasons.

Getting Things Done

Putting things in place includes getting home and office spaces, sorting out vehicles for mobility, scouting schools for kids, and achievement of company registration and business licences.

You should also consider grid-independent power generation be it a solar solution, a silent mechanical generator or inverters. A good plan for power will free you from reliance on unimpressive power supplies.

To do things properly you’ll have to make follow up visits to supervise project milestones and maximise your expenditure.

An effective relocation project should not stop every time you have to go back to your base to attend to your work or family.

The days of getting things done or more accurately failing to get things done because you relied on your mother-in-law, brother or best mates are gone.

You can get it right with services from experienced professionals who value of transparency, integrity and customer satisfaction.

Too often non-professional acquaintances delegated to assist inflate prices and fail to account f or funds.

Land fraud is common and use of poor quality materials for construction is frequent - you could easily get a feeling that quality standards and customer satisfaction are not priorities for many service providers.

Incompetence and dishonesty can cause financial and property losses. Yet, everyone is expected to write off damages because our culture discourages legal action against relatives.

More and more, people are discovering that relatives and friends are best engaged to liaise with professional project managers.

You can save a lot of time and resources by gaining expected outcomes from us.

Your requested services will be delivered by professionals with a good track record of paying attention to detail, timelines and regular updates.

You will have legal protection in a clear contract of service under which we will carry out your instructions.

There is a myth that the Nigerian legal system is lame and doesn’t function.

In fact the system is slow, inefficient, outdated and frustrating. However, our courts work and deliver results – particularly in commercial matters.

Commercial transactions are essential to economic growth and unless commercial agreements are enforceable at law investors will hesitate.

The good news is that recent spotlight on the Nigerian legal system goes beyond corruption and extends to improved enforcement of commercial contracts.

Contract Options

Our attention to clients' instructions assure accurate and desired outcomes for our clients.

You can engage First Continental Relocations Ltd in Nigeria or First Continental UK Ltd in London.

London is more expensive, however contracts are more easily enforceable because of its world class legal system.

We have a third option.

You may engage our Nigerian company in a service agreement that gives jurisdiction to UK courts.

This means that you can take legal action against our Nigerian company in the UK, and any resulting judgement will be enforceable in Nigeria or UK.

Whatever option you choose our experienced lawyers will reflect your instructions in a draft contract for your consideration.

Its all about transparency.

Have you decided to relocate? Yes?

Well that’s great news! It may be daunting but it is the most exciting project you will ever undertake and when completed, could be your most rewarding achievement!

Excellent project management is key to success. Nigeria's system does not automatically places square pegs in square holes.

Building your own system and making it work is the way forward. You will need accommodation, mobility and income – plus safe and secure settings at all times.

You may require trusted artisans including masons, carpenters, plumbers, mechanics and other assistants to get started and move forward.

Many are worried about security in Nigeria because poverty, corruption and inefficient policing raise safety concerns.

Even so, crime rates in Nigeria’s main cities are sometimes exaggerated.

Many citizens and expatriates are enjoying life in cities like Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt and Kano. Others are enjoying peace and quiet in the smaller cities and towns.

Wherever you choose to live, it is important to be security conscious when selecting locations for home and business.

Enhance security is sometimes required. We can access professional security services from licensed and regulated providers or by application to the Inspector General of Police for assigned officers.

Even simple matters like acquiring goods at markets can benefit from support as you begin to deal with an unfamiliar bargaining culture, and new terrains of currency and price.

Entertain no worries – professional advice from First Continental Relocations enables efficient reintegration.

With the right plan, your international move could seem like stepping out of one room into another.

Let us know which services you require, and we will impress you with our attention to detail.

Get relocation right and you’ll feel like you've always been home, like you never left. This will confirm your idea that Nigeria is a great place to live.

If it's worth doing, its worth doing well

That Professional Touch

We are a team of professionals who studied, trained and lived in the UK, USA and North Africa, mostly for over a decade.

Still, it is the opportunities of walking through relocations with our clients, and seeing genuine appreciation of our service, that we value most.

We have served clients from diaspora at cities like Port Harcourt, Ibadan, Benin, Enugu, Kaduna, and of course Lagos & Abuja.

Our travels have gifted us opportunities to interact with various people and customs, and we have enjoyed learning many beautiful things about Nigeria.

Our patrons range from young professionals to middle aged business people, and retired persons.

Some have been members of the 40 to 50 Club, who preferred to accomplish retirement plans before retirement and ahead of time.

Others have been expatriates arriving in Nigeria to resume employment or set up business.

We work to see our clients avoid frustrations and reduce exposure to risk.