Caboose

I’ve now been working for NTI for just under a week and am settling in. There was the usual tour and introductions to everyone, this time I took notes and pictures to help me remember who’s who. I have my own office (below left) in one of the lovely buildings at the NTI campus outside Kaduna. Each building is arranged around a courtyard, from the outside they look like something out of a 70’s sci-fi film.

I’m living at the NTI’s conference centre, also on site. At the moment I’m in one of their suites, waiting for my permanent apartment to be finished. The conference centre is basically an on-site hotel and seems to mostly be used by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation for their training courses. Like many buildings in Nigeria it looks like it was very nice about twenty years ago but has since had little maintenance and basic services such as running water don’t work most of the time.

On the other hand my room is quite comfortable, has a/c and a TV. The permanent apartment is another one of these suites, they’re currently building a kitchen and will apparently be ready in about two weeks. You can see it at the right of the photo below.

At work I’m now thinking about my workplan for the first few months, working out what I need to know and who to ask. So far there seems to be plenty of work to be done and expectations are high.