lagerwhenindoubt:

Any sane person would have read that post and clearly noted that i stated clearly that is it mostly a HR decision (not Government) and there are guiding principles. but seeing that you are not as literate as you make out. only a dim mistake for a turd like you will take it otherwise.

lagerwhenindoubt:

Clearly you are an extremist, you are either extremely dumb or extremely smart.. going by the WAEC and NECO scores in the recent past, you can only assume the worst for our graduates. go figure

xykms101: Those courses are hot cake in well organized countries.

...Besides we stil have engineers, accountants stil counting in the labour market, what do you have to say to this?

...I don't know where you're driving to when govt had taken the blame

ow11: Well NNPC, a government agency is guilty of this crime and that says a lot if you intend to sue in a Nigerian court. However, other private firms like KPMG have run foul of this law and suing them abroad can cause a change.

However, I would be surprised if this will do much because all the company can do is open a recruitment portal, ask all applicants to apply there and simply delete all applications with undesired birth dates. To prove you were discriminated based on age in a court of law is difficult at graduate entry except there is insider help which is also unlikely.

Therefore, whilst I think this is a good move, I also feel it's effect would be pointless.

eagle,eye:

Good analysis, but the senate and House of Rep can also pass it into law that no one needs to state his or her date of birth when applying for a position in any company or parastatal. Doing so will mean running foul of the law.

Mr Aboki:


Okay!! I agree, we are not a 'well organized country'. And we have mant 'engineers and co' without jobs..

Now, How would you fix the job situation in Nigeria in you became president.. How would you employ all Nigerians?!

pappilo:

You think you are clever but you are extremely dim. HR decision or not, it is illegal! If a slowpoke like you had any authority, black people would still be sitting at the back of the bus! Puta!

xykms101: In the 60s till early 90s, unemployment was not pronounced because the government then were proactively providing for graduates despite their looting autocratic power. But now things have changed.

...No 1 problem is the increase in population of Nigerians is one of the challenges facing the labour market which the government on its part failed to provide full employment to its citizenry.

...No 2 is the increasing in government spending's and inflation have prevented political and economic development in the country.

...Lastly the level of corruption in this country is unimaginable.

xykms101: WAEC results from public secondary schls where they hardly have competent teachers, which is the duty of govt to retire the old skool teachers and employ the young and smart ones.

Go to private schools where standard teachers are ruling and see their WAEC results.

lagerwhenindoubt:

Compare Government Schools and Private Schools, guess which one has the most students in the system and contribute to the unemployment index in Nigeria.. please guess...

xykms101: WAEC results from public secondary schls where they hardly have competent teachers, which is the duty of govt to retire the old skool teachers and employ the young and smart ones.

Go to private schools where standard teachers are ruling and see their WAEC results.

bishopjoe02: It is a usual practice by recruiting organizations to specify age requirements as part of their eligibility criteria. In most vacancies the maximum age for entry level applicants is usually pegged at 27/28 and in some ridiculous circumstances 24/25. After consulting the 1999 Constitution I discovered that this practice is unconstitutional as it is a form of discrimination.
Section 42 subsection 2 states that “No citizen of Nigeria shall be subjected to any disability or deprivation merely by reason of the circumstances of his birth”. Ladies and gentlemen your date of birth and hence your age is a circumstance of birth so also is your sex and ethnicity. Employers have been getting away with this constitutional violation because nobody has challenged the practice rather people go about doctoring their ages so as to meet up with these ridiculous age requirements.

The following are the only jobs that the constitution has placed age restrictions and these jobs are mostly electoral office positions;
1) President ; must be 40 years old...section 131 subsection 2b
2) Vice president; same as that of the president... section 142 subsection 2
3) Senator; must be 35 years old...section 65 subsection 1a
4) House of representative; must be 30 years old... section 65 subsection 1b
5) Governor ; must be 35 years old...section 177 subsection 1b
6) &nbspeputy Governor; ; same as that of the Governor... section 187 subsection 2
7) Members of the house of assembly; must be 30 years old... section 106 subsection 1b

Other jobs include state commissioners and special advisers to governors (which have the same requirements as those of members of the house of assemble) and ministers and special advisers to the president of the federation (which have the same requirements as those of the House of Representatives).

eagle,eye:

Good analysis, but the senate and House of Rep can also pass it into law that no one needs to state his or her date of birth when applying for a position in any company or parastatal. Doing so will mean running foul of the law.

eagle,eye:

This assumption is a fallacy.
Private school students have better results compared to Govt school students because Proprietors of Private schools are ready to dig hand into their pockets and settle exam supervisors, unlike govt school where the principal has only his or her salary and a very small allowance from the govt to run the school.
Infact in every 100 private schools, more than 95% are doing what I just stated above, these excludes the Catholic missionary schools and other Schools run by Churches...(By churches I mean Anglican, Presbyterian, Assemblies of God Churches....not these come as you are churches).

xykms101: Are you comparing private schl with public schls where teachers are busy using students for domestic and farm work when they are suppose to be in the class studying.

Aside the fact that few *not all* of these private schls take good care of waec supervisors yet there are stil intelligent students in all these private schls.

Aromas:

Yes broda REVOLUTION. But d quetion here is dat who's gonna lead

eagle,eye:

my dear, you maybe right that Govt school teachers lazy around when they are supposed to be working. But the so called private schools is just someone else' business venture.
Most of the students who are really intelligent in these private schools are not intelligent because of what their teachers are doing. No. They are often naturally intelligent students or those their parents are willing to pay for extra classes outside what they are being taught.
Ministry of Education is my sector and I am a trained teacher. I have actually taught in a private school as a part time teacher, and I can tell you first hand that most qualified teachers who have the zeal to teach don't end up in these private schools littered everywhere. First, the pay is very small compared to the input a qualified teacher will be making... Secondly, the societal idea of "the end justifies the means" makes it even worse for teachers to really do their best in coaching their students, because at the end of the day.....proprietors will dole out cash to external supervisors and the children willbe given free hands to write the exams.
If you want to know where you can groom children to exhibit their intellectual prowess, look the way of missionary schools and Federal Govt Schools (Untiy Schools).
It is only a small percentage of private schools that are willing to keep really good and qualified teachers and pay them at least a living wage. And those schools charge high for the students tuition....

pappilo:

This has to be one of the dumbest posts I have seen on here in a long time. Of course every organisation has a valid reason for discriminatory practises but that doesnt make it okay/legal. A company presenting itself as a provider of services to affluent people in an expensive part of Lagos has a valid reason for not employing someone with large Ibadan tribal facial marks as its spokesperson or receptionist even if they meet all the required employment criteria. Should this be allowed by law? Hell NO!

Mr Aboki:

Any thing that can be used against you that has no bearing on your ability to do the job should not be on your resume. Examples are;

1. Age

2, State of Origin/LGA

3. Religion.

4. Marital Status

5. Color, race, ethinicity or tribe.

6. Picture.

These things you will never find on my resume.