Muhylonaire:
I wish I could reduce mine too
I look younger than my age tho. I just don't know how to go about it since the normal age is on all my documents and IDs

Consult any lawyer closest to you.. they are trained to lie for their clients... They will help with a fee...
Pls remember to thank me later

[quote author=pocohantas post=83084239]There is age restriction on a lot...

-Age restriction to get husband #NoEveningNewspaper

-Age restriction to get job
-Age restriction to stay on the job
-Age restriction to get babe
-Age restriction to play football
-Age restriction to express yourself on certain topics, you will be reminded you are Indomie generation.

You young, problem.
You be ancestor, another problem.

You sef go confuse...

Then there are certain people who feel they are lagging behind when compared to their peers. So, they give themselves extra spiritual years to catch up- in the eyes of the society.
Oil dey your head.

Poverty

Registration of births is not enforced in Nigeria.

Many parents do not bother to register the birth of their children until it is time for the child to go to secondary school or a tertiary institution, or to apply for a passport. This time lag gives room for all sorts of manipulation of dates and figures.

In several other countries, registration of birth must be done within 60 or 90 days after the child is born.

"Declaration of Age" is still accepted in Nigeria, regardless of when the person was born.

People mention whatever age or date of birth they are comfortable with, because the Nigerian system allows it.

NIGERIA policy

naijadrivablog:
Most Nigerians rather reduce their ages, especially female celebrities, government pipu (No names mentioned o). Even average Nigerians too!

A popular Actress has been 16yrs for ages and now 19! What a magic!

But they claim seniority when they want to cheat, exert authority etc. Why?

You will see a woman in her late forties claim to be younger ("she go say I be lady o", as Late Fela Kuti said), especially if she is single or still "in-marriage but looking" or randy married man, who might be blessed with baby face and claims younger and unmarried to get the ladies.

Why the "football" age?

Because of age discrimination

Simple question. The simple answer is that, the system is not fair to the citizens. In the then days before after independence, the system was good. Free education, scholarships to study abroad, jobs and employment opportunities for WAEC holders and primary school leavers. Today, the people who benefitted from that good old arrangements and scheme of things are still in power and have succeeded in destroying and plundering the system. People like OBJ and Bubu never paid anything to train themselves in school but as leaders, they didn't make such policies. In their time, everything was free!
Today, you spend a few years trying to pass post-UME after passing JAMB? Is that fair? Is that justice? You finally gained admission into higher institution and spend 4 to 5 or 6 years or more because of lecturers frustrating you. Is that fair? Is that justice? You finish school and serve and wait at home for unavailable jobs for another 5, 10, 15 or 20 years and one stewpeed mofo is asking for age 26 to 30 instead of skills and qualification or expertise. Is that fair? Is that injustice? How many youths can afford tertiary institution bills and fees in Nigeria? They enter school lately while they're already approaching 30, then you request 26 to 30 for a job placement with 5 years experience. Isn't that crazy and unfair? So what do you expect??

This table you’re shaking has lots of big brother contestant on it o

Late to glory

Age is just a number owo lagba
Owo ni koko

Why do most employers request for toddlers with plenty experience?

May be because they didn't plan, including the civil servants that are stealing files to adjust their age and dying their hair. They are trying to recapture what they think they missed. For some of us, that is not an option as our looks would betray us.

I have always claimed 10 years older than my real age because due to struggling, that is how I look.

Almost 17 years ago, when I was about writing WAEC, I came down from bike and paid, the bike-man said "thank you sir ", from then I became aware that I look older than my age and started even banging 30 years old without mentioning my age but acting older.

People trust older guys, if you doubt me, try and rent house if the landlord wouldn't be looking at you carefully if he thinks you are in your 20's or younger, but once they see someone that looks 40 up, no much questions asked (even if na BQ you want rent)... Same with police, if am passing the worst part of town on my way to work (to buy weed) and police are violently slapping those innocent small boys, I would pass while pleading on the police to take it easy on the kids and sometimes they listen.

ForeThinker:
Age is jux a number yh

This picture speaks volume...

faceland:
May be because they didn't plan, including the civil servants that are stealing files to adjust their age and dying their hair. They are trying to recapture what they think they missed. For some of us, that is not an option as our looks would betray us.

I have always claimed 10 years older than my real age because due to struggling, that is how I look.

Almost 17 years ago, when I was about writing WAEC, I came down from bike and paid, the bike-man said "thank you sir ", from then I became aware that I look older than my age and started even banging 30 years old without mentioning my age but acting older.

People trust older guys, if you doubt me, try and rent house if the landlord wouldn't be looking at you carefully if he thinks you are in your 20's or younger, but once they see someone that looks 40 up, no much questions asked (even if na BQ you want rent)... Same with police, if am passing the worst part of town on my way to work (to buy weed) and police are violently slapping those innocent small boys, I would pass while pleading on the police to take it easy on the kids and sometimes they listen.

LMAO

In order not to grow old all of a sudden

Becks if u r too old u won't get anything in Nigeria. U won't get husband.job.etc

graduate at 21 with 5 years experience

The country Nigeria has made it to be so. Imagine a country where you finish school at a ripe age of 23 but cant get a job for more than 5years. When it's time to get a job they start saying below 26yrs.

Or you finish school at an early age of 21-23 but employers will start asking for 7-10yrs experience.

Or you got a job finally at the age of 35 and they expect you to retire at 60yrs after suffering with no job until you are 35.

So many unfavourable factors made Nigerians go the illegal way.

oh

And yet we all form to be pious Muslims & Christians. I will never reduce my age for the sake of anything under the sun. Not worth it. This is willfully lying & liars will not.......... unless you repent & make corrections. Nobody knows when death will come whether old or young

PS: "Your parents didn't know your age is understandable" & you can document one for yourself & don't change it afterwards

Na them know. If it works to my advantage I’ll do the same without regret.

Dem d cheat der NATURE. d dnt respect old age.

That’s for when you feel like you aren’t where you’re ‘meant to be’ at your biological age. The pressure!

You’re not really meant to be at any place or have achieved certain things at any given time of your life. If only people realizes that all na social constructs and live freely.

BrainSanitizer:
Nigerians don't reduce their age. No one can. They simple supply a date of birth that is being requested. That's called "compliance".
It'll be rude to tell a prospective employer that you are 30 when the advert clearly says ages 20 - 25. That doesn't mean you aren't 30 no more.
It only mean that you are following instructions.
Are you with me?

gnykelly:


Once anyone has a affidavit of age or discrepancies in document age... I just ignore that person

I am guessing you re a banker

nero2face:
It's bcuz most Nigeria companies want a 25yrs man who graduated not more than 3yrs ago and has 30yrs working experience

I told myself, if government wants to make more revenue, let them increase the cost of procuring court affidavit and put it at #50k each. It had got to a point where some Nigerians makes age declaration yearly!!
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