Age Barriers To Graduate Employment In Nigeria

Age barrier as a limiting factor towards graduate employment in nigeria.

Sir, lets wage this war against age barrier been imposed on university graduates by employers of labour in nigeria.  This is a grand ploy to disenfranchise many of us job seekers from the labour market in this country.  A situation where an employer wants a director to be within the age limit of 35 years is very un nigerian ,considering the hurddles inherent in our educational systems and the highny politicised bottlenecks in securing a joib offer in nigeria, please i want the national assembly to enact a legislation prohibiting employers of labour in nigeria to employ graduates who are above 40/45 years and who are still strong physically and intellectually strong to deliver on the job.

Please this is very frustrating when able bodied men are denied jobs here, but when they are lucky to get us dv lottery , they are found fit for regular employment.  It does appear nigerians don't like their citizens one bit.

I tink its a big problem too because they'l tell u dey wat 10-15yrs cognate experience and still expect u 2 b below 30yrs.Does dat mean we shld start going to skool from our mama's womb.
D govt need 2 speak out or dont we have Alutarised fellas in d govt.

@Seun, OUCH!!!

crazy employers to mi

@ seun
you said people at that age should start their business. not everyone want to own their own business or don't have enough capital to start their business.

Since we are always copying America, thats the reason.

when America drops their age level, we will drop ours. Soon, Nigerians will be looking for 20year old PhDs with 10-years experience.

the age barriers is an issue that must be dealt with.just imagine somebody that went to school with the intention of spending 4years at the university and at the end  spending 8-9years in the school .will u now tell me that the age barriers will not cauth up withhim or her,it will .My people this is serious war that need to be  address very well.in the develop countries they employ people based on what they can do not on age .so my suggestion is let begin to criticize such organizations who want to make the people in this  age bracket limitation frustrated. also let such organization employ without age restritionthank you

I like this thread. the situation needs to be addresed and very very soon

How many Nigerians really have money to save when they are young? My impression is that most people accumulate debts to finish their education with the hope that they can repay them when they get jobs.

seun, u rnt makin sense. your too arrogant wit dis your  'no education, get rich quick thing' life is nt abt money only. d age thingy is rubbish but wit d high saturation of graduates in d society, companies nd 2 control it smehow. i dnt thnk it wil b dt easy 2 argue against it.

"Most people" in Nigeria don't have university degrees not to talk of having access to student loans.

seun i dont tink u r smarter wats called business is not just makin money but tryin 2 satisfy some ppl 2 make money 4rom den.will u expect mi 2 give a job 2 someone i fink can't do it in my way? age factor is some thing u concide wen u wanna give out a job

I think this need to be addressed. We are force to tell lies and make forgery about our real age. There aren't going to be enough faithful workers in the market. The employers should know that they might just be getting the wrong people into their organisations. May God deliver us all.

oooooi! Enough! Leave Seun alone and address the issue at hand 

Duttybarb and Seun, what a lovely couple they will make. LOL

this is a pity because here in Benin Republic, no one cares about your age, all they are after is to know if u can deliver, infact as a foreigner there is no space for u until the indigens are provided employment for. Who cares about your age here. For those of us here who are graduates and can speak and write french very well, they will still prefer their school cert. holders to u, why? just because u are a foreigner but in our own dear country the reverse is the case. Is only in Nigeria where a foreigner has an upper hand eventhough the person is a dropout where he is coming from.
Tell me how u are expected to have 5 to 8 years working experience in any managerial position and still be 26 year or below 30, this is just arrant nonsense because they are forcing every job seeker to lie about his or her age, of course this is already rampant now in our country. Nobody works with his real age, what is going on? please can someone tell me.