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A friend recently received an invitation for interview from a company. After staying at home for a year after NYSC, he has decided to reduce his age in order to be eligible for the interview. he got a sworn affidavit from the court, but he is still worried if the company will ever find out, and how.

please let him know your opinion on the matter

My broda, diaris ntn wrong with that. Only 30% of Nigerians uses their real age. Politicians, players, civil servants etc they dnt use their real ages. So long as him reducing his age will not cause direct harm to sum1

But meanwhile, op, u seem to be that ur frnd o

OP is he a learner? 90% of the nigerian labour force work with falsified ages.

Ok, are u just waking up?? This age stuff is the next form of discrimination (on basis of age). It will interest you to know that most of the people asking you to be below 25,26 or 28 actually reduced their age before they got the job. If that your friend is very sound, I don't think the company will even fire him if they get to find out he reduced his age.


Meanwhile, let him keep praying and applying to other jobs that don't require 'below 25 with masters and 5 years experience'

managermahmud:
My broda, diaris ntn wrong with that. Only 30% of Nigerians uses their real age. Politicians, players, civil servants etc they dnt use their real ages. So long as him reducing his age will not cause direct harm to sum1

But meanwhile, op, u seem to be that ur frnd o

thanks, but how far can a company go to find out your real age?

Tnycee:
thanks, but how far can a company go to find out your real age?

No company has such time. So long as u can discharge ur duties efficiently

managermahmud:
No company has such time. So long as u can discharge ur duties efficiently

THEY CAN O

from history on your CV and from the age on your WAEC cetificate

I think so many people have mistakes made on their waec certificate regarding date of birth. don't you think a sworn affidavit can cover all of that?

pasqal09:
THEY CAN O

from history on your CV and from the age on your WAEC cetificate

Tnycee:
thanks, but how far can a company go to find out your real age?

They can find out. . From your waec result and years you finished school. .

I wrote a test where they were questioning a guy concerning his claimed age...

They asked him " you finished primary school soso years, finished sec ... and finished uni ..., yet you claim to be ...... does it mean you finished primary sch at 6 years?"
Some age falsification could be so dump and revealing. .. anything more than 2yrs would find you out!

I'm all for honesty shaa, what is mine can never elude me...

Depends on the company you are talking about. At my present work place, the screening started right from primary school certificate. So if the age you are declaring sounds like you finished primary school at d age of 8, the. You know there is something really fishy going on. Think about it before you proceed.

pasqal09:
THEY CAN O

from history on your CV and from the age on your WAEC cetificate

Me I de the Op shoes at the moment. I need to apply for my MSc and I want to reduce my age cz I also want to be applying for jobs but the issue is not just the DOB in waec cert but that of school transcript. I really don't know what to do and I want to apply for international passport and any age I use there can't be changed again