₦airaland Forum

Baronnaire:
The West have never and would forever despise any country with very large population.

Nigerias problem since 1914 was orchestrated to distabilize our unity knowing it would make us formidable and prosperous.

Do you know that all these deadly viruses like Ebola, Monkey Pox, HIV, Anthrax etc are man made by the West in their labs? These are antics designed to reduce African population.

So if the Australian Inland Taipan has suddenly found its way here, I smell the hand of the west.
Remember the man intercepted with crates of exotic reptiles of which included snakes in Nigeria?

The West is evil and will do anything to remain dominant over others...

fine we know dat wat about the inside witches who sold their souls to the west nko bro we are own problems lets face the fact if ders no crack in d wall lizards wont enter

The most annoying is that they are asking applicants with masters degree too not to be above 30! Can u imagin in a country like Nigeria where u spent 3 to 4 years for a masters program that should no be more than 18 months

NoToPile:
Am I the only one that saw that part of the requirements for the FRSC job is that the applicant must be single.

its a normal tin in d miitary n paramilitary organisations u must be married wif their traditions n ethics

NwanyiAwkaetiti:
So those without a drivers license cannot apply for FRSC Recruitment

did you see the red asterisk on it? It's not by force.

hadjipapiey:
FYI am more than 30,and i bet some twenty year cannot match up my strength.

There will always be exceptions.

Youthfulness is tied with strength, agility and vitality.

The body of a younger person will always take the extremities that that of an older person cannot take.

But there will always be exceptions among the older folks the same way there will be exception with the younger folks.

We will always find superbly fit old people the same way we will find superbly unfit younger people.

45 yrs shld be d age limit

Those without white collar jobs at 45 shld go for entrepreneurship or farming

What are the process people follow to reduce their age. I want to know you.

What are the process people follow to reduce their age. I want to know you. Anyone to help should mention.

Okezedan:
Just go and swear affidavit in any court and reduce ur age. @least 70percent of Nigerians are guilty of it

Your WASSCE certificate has your age embedded on it.

@Post: If only the system had no strikes and NYSC delays, then one might side with the recruitment processes.

galek:
What is so complex about understanding this write-up?
Nigerians are facing AGE DISCRIMINATION when it comes to Job Placement almost every day of Our life.

For you to get a job, Nigerians have resorted to falsifying their real age to suit their advertised job. Out of every 10 Nigerians in any company, 7 have falsified or adjusted age in their employment file.

Personally, I have been denied many juicy job opportunity just because I insist on my real age till date. With all my qualifications and skills, the right job have been long coming.. but I have vowed to keep a Golden name rather than on wealth acquired through falsification.

Wish MY Government can pass a bill removing this restriction. So many well placed Uncles and Nigerians have persuaded me to falsify my age for a job but not all.. #WHOWILLFREEPEOPLELIKEME..
#OnlyGod

Hold on to God's integrity he has given you. It is only God that gives true success. Anything achieved as a result of falsehood is mere shadow.
Bro. God will make a way in Jesus name.

Gerrard59:
Your WASSCE certificate has your age embedded on it.

@Post: If only the system had no strikes and NYSC delays, then one might side with the recruitment processes.

Thats for WASSCE. Neco does not have such.

Okezedan:
Thats for WASSCE. Neco does not have such.

Further scrutiny is performed on those individuals.

P.S. I'm writing about private firms.

The only regret I have for coming to this world is being a Nigerian.

ilevic:
Abeg what's this person saying?

Oh you mean Gowon was the oldest man in Nigeria when he became the president and that was why he was able to lead?

Abeg!!! I became the vice principal of a big school at 27 and I was the youngest in the school, yet, I commanded the respect of older people. Even people who were old enough to be my parent. Thank God we recorded a number of successes. No one challenged or opposed me based on age.

Once you are going to an office to work, every normal person knows that egos should be kept aside. so that's not a valid point

You are misinterpreting what I wrote.

My initial comment never mentioned that the younger person won't be respected. The younger person would be respected.

But there will be that tension between the two. The older person will always feel somehow and won't respect the younger person the same way he would have, if the younger person was much older.

You see, it was true that Gowon was not the oldest when he became president.

Murtala Mohammed was superior to him in rank and age and was supposed to be president.

But Gowon was chosen because the northern Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri/Muslim coupists did not want the coup to look like a northern counter-coup to the earlier Ibo/Christian coup.

Gowon is from the north but is not a Muslim, Fulani, Kanuri or whatever as most of the coupists were. He is Christian of the Ngas tribe from today's Lur local government in Plateau state.

This created some problems between Gowon and Murtala Mohammed and is the reason Murtala Muhammed sometimes disrespected Gowon, even though Gowon was his superior as Head of State.

An example:

While leading the 2nd Division, Murtala Mohammed crossed the River Niger to attack Onitsha even though Army HQtrs ordered him to advance north to cross the Niger at Idah in Kogi, then move into Onistha to attack.

Murtala Mohammed crossed the Niger thrice and failed thrice, killing thousands of troops.

By the time he decided to cross through Idah, the Biafrans already knew what was coming and ambushed him at Abagana, which ended as the biggest ambush of the war.

Again, thousands of Nigerian soldiers were killed with about 106 vehicles destroyed.

Would all these have happened if Murtala Mohammed's superior was president?

Would have Murtala Mohammed been so bold to disrespect Gowon that he would have attempted three failed amphibious assaults?

Wouldn't Army HQtrs have called him to the rear and court martialled him for the disasters?

Murtala Muhammed later lost his command during the war but it was around the same time with every other commander. I've forgotten the dude at 1 Division but I know that Benjamin Adekunle of the 3rd Marine Commandoes lost his command to Olusegun Obasanjo.

Murtala Mohammed himself, later overthrew Gowon when he got the chance in 1975.

Mobsync:
You are misinterpreting what I wrote.

My initial comment never mentioned that the younger person won't be respected. The younger person would be respected.

But there will be that tension between the two. The older person will always feel somehow and won't respect the younger person the same way he would have, if the younger person was much older.

You see, it was true that Gowon was not the oldest when he became president.

Murtala Mohammed was superior to him in rank and age and was supposed to be president.

But Gowon was chosen because the northern Hausa/Fulani/Kanuri/Muslim coupists did not want the coup to look like a northern counter-coup to the earlier Ibo/Christian coup.

Gowon is from the north but is not a Muslim, Fulani, Kanuri or whatever as most of the coupists were. He is Christian of the Ngas tribe from today's Lur local government in Plateau state.

This created some problems between Gowon and Murtala Mohammed and is the reason Murtala Muhammed sometimes disrespected Gowon, even though Gowon was his superior as Head of State.

An example:

While leading the 2nd Division, Murtala Mohammed crossed the River Niger to attack Onitsha even though Army HQtrs ordered him to advance north to cross the Niger at Idah in Kogi, then move into Onistha to attack.

Murtala Mohammed crossed the Niger thrice and failed thrice, killing thousands of troops.

By the time he decided to cross through Idah, the Biafrans already knew what was coming and ambushed him at Abagana, which ended as the biggest ambush of the war.

Again, thousands of Nigerian soldiers were killed with about 106 vehicles destroyed.

Would all these have happened if Murtala Mohammed's superior was president?

Would have Murtala Mohammed been so bold to disrespect Gowon that he would have attempted three failed amphibious assaults?

Wouldn't Army HQtrs have called him to the rear and court martialled him for the disasters?

Murtala Muhammed later lost his command during the war but it was around the same time with every other commander. I've forgotten the dude at 1 Division but I know that Benjamin Adekunle of the 3rd Marine Commandoes lost his command to Olusegun Obasanjo.

Murtala Mohammed himself, later overthrew Gowon when he got the chance in 1975.

You sound logical. There is hardly any difference between a 20 plus and 30 plus in terms of physical ability especially when both are still single. Check footballers! Age has little or nothing to do with respect. Respect is earned not given. I have held different leadership position where people who were well older than me will gladly take command from me. I respect myself and so they have to respect me. Every company has its policy. Even in some companies, you must call people by their first name. The main point is that if the system had been good, these same people wouldn't have been unemployed at their 30's.

Who feel more need to get his own apartment, 20's or 30's?
Who feel more need to get married, 20's or 30's?
Who have probably had struggle to finish education, 20's or 30's?
Who will have stayed longer as unemployed, 20's or 30's?
Then why not give them a level playing ground and let them be disqualified on competence based.

Mobsync:
There will always be exceptions.

Youthfulness is tied with strength, agility and vitality.

The body of a younger person will always take the extremities that that of an older person cannot take.

But there will always be exceptions among the older folks the same way there will be exception with the younger folks.

We will always find superbly fit old people the same way we will find superbly unfit younger people.

Thank You and God bless you

Mobsync:
There will always be exceptions.

Youthfulness is tied with strength, agility and vitality.

The body of a younger person will always take the extremities that that of an older person cannot take.

But there will always be exceptions among the older folks the same way there will be exception with the younger folks.

We will always find superbly fit old people the same way we will find superbly unfit younger people.

Thank You and God bless you

That's why you see people nowadays backdating.

I am even thinking this is unconstitutional going by Section 42(2) of Nigeria Constitutiion under the Right of Freedom from Discrimination.

Lawyers in the house can help interpret the above better.

Now they are calling for NASS to hell them,later they will be insulting senators, let them go and meet the executives that put the age limit

enairaprof:
Senate Should Pass A Bill To Stop Employment Age Discrimination. What happens to the youths above 30 years? Are they not Nigerians? Who should provide jobs for them? Considering the struggle and delay that Nigerian Youths go through to have a university education coupled with incessant strikes, there should be NO age barrier to job employment. If FG jobs can peg age limit at 30, why should we still allow politicians to contest at age above 60 years? Check FRSC, Nigeria Prison Service, Police recruitment and the likes, the maximum age limit is between 28-30 years.

Job seekers are confronted with many barriers. Of all the problems, age appears to take the lead. Even when the applicant is qualified for the job, his age can be an obstacle, writes MUYIWA LUCAS.

THE number of the country’s unemployed youths may continue to grow in leaps and bounds. This is because of a seeming clog employers have placed in the way of job seekers. Presently, not only must a job seeker graduate with very high grades, his age at the time of seeking employment has now become as equally important as his good grades.

At business districts, they are noticeable as they comb the streets in a well dressed suit, moving from offices to offices to submit job applications but during the short-listing; most companies dump their applications despite their impressive CV.

Hakeem Akintunde used to be a victim of age barrier in the labour market but the US visa lottery which he won in 2013 helped him out of the quagmire. He finished his degree at the age of 28 but most of the jobs he applied for turned him down because he did not qualify for age benchmark of 25 at a new generation bank among several others.


He is not alone. Uche Chiwendu finished her degree at the age of 26 from University of Port Harcourt with 2.1 grade in Accounting. She applied for a job at a leading auditing firm in Lagos. She was called for interview but at the final stage of the interview which she passed, the head of the interview team praised her for displaying excellence performance. She was however told that part of the company policy is that any candidate at the entry level should not be more than 23yrs. Chiwendu almost collapsed.


Sometimes in 2013, Tue July 2, KPMG International, a global network of professional services firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services advertised job vacancy for graduate trainee copied on www. with job reference number J2013. With 100 slots available in Lagos, the company requested that interested candidates should posses’ first class or second class (Upper) in any discipline, five O’level credits (including English & Math) at one sitting with an age ceaveat: “Not more than 26 years.”

Age discrimination in employment has become a major problem facing graduates and non-graduates in Nigeria. It has continued to enhance the unemployment situation in the country. Take a look at vacancy adverts in Nigeria and you will see how they are equipped with age restrictions and sometime certificate barriers. A typical example reads, “Candidate must not be more than 25 years of age, must possess a good university degree with a second class honours (Upper division). Candidate must have at least 10 to 15 years of experience”. Emphasis hardly placed on competence.

Sadly, a practice which was mainly associated with the banking industry has spread to other sectors. Today, government institutions Champion this course. Even foreign companies indulge in the practice when they do not have similar conditions in their own countries.

President General of Trade Union Congress (TUC) Comrade Bobooi Bala described age barrier in employment requirement as an unwholesome development.

“In other parts of the world, employers look at your competence. They never bother with your age as long as you can do the work efficiently. In the US, you see people still getting new jobs at 50; people are still working at 60 years. There is another thing they do here. They ask for seven, eight years experience. Can anybody acquire experience without first getting a job? It is really sad. People are taking advantage of the unemployment situation.”



Akintunde Ojo, a businessman, said employers are not inserting the age clause to prevent any class of people from getting employed. They are just looking for the best in terms of efficiency and disposition.

“You know the older you are, the tendency for you to be slowed down by age. I also tried in vain to get paid employment. My inability to get a job after six years of leaving the university, made me go into auto spares business.”

He, however, added that not everyone would be able to raise capital from family members like he did. He appealed to employers to consider the state of the nation and try to remove the age clause from vacancy adverts.

Comrade Lateef Oyelekan, President, National Union of Food Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE), appealed to employers to remove the age clause, and consider competence instead of insisting on employing people within a certain age bracket only. He said they should also consider experience in their search for workers as experience goes hand in hand with age.

“Many people are frustrated, not because they cannot acquire the necessary qualification needed to secure employment, but because employers make them feel rejected. Many have lost hope.

“Employers should consider older citizens who have the required qualification for jobs,” he said.

The National Assemby has made efforts in the past to ensure that employers at all levels remove age barrier clause in their employment criteria. An Act to prohibit age discrimination in employment in the public and private Sectors in Nigeria sponsored by Hon. Hassan El-Badawywas debated but nothing has come out of the assembly.


With age discrimination in the labour market, a job recruitment expert, Mr. Michael Omole, said most Nigerians studying part time programmes without being engaged in a job already might not have a company to employ them as a result of age barrier which prevented them from going to school on time. He said government should enact the bill on age discrimination in other to make companies stop this act.

Source: https://www.thenationonlineng.net/age-barrier/amp/

Nairalanders, what are your opinions and experience with age barrier while searching for jobs?

I can't wait for this bill to be sponsored and passed.

Xisnin:
If the bill get passed in National assembly, it won't stop them from being thieves, will it?

But it will give people with potentials opportunity to get employed, irrespective of their age

yinkbell:
Hold on to God's integrity he has given you. It is only God that gives true success. Anything achieved as a result of falsehood is mere shadow.
Bro. God will make a way in Jesus name.

Amen Sir...I believe GOD will show up soon.
Presently, writing a book on AGE FASFICATION AND EFFECTS.. 08038049183 for more enquiries

I graduated at 26, went to NYSC at 27 and finish at 28. For 3years no FG recruitment came on and now they said I am over age at 31+. Its unfortunate.

Op stop wasting your valuable time.most of those jobs have been taken already.

Nigerian government and leaders are the problem of the youth and of this country, if they equip schools, pay teachers/lecturers their salaries there would be know problem of staying in the university for ten year for a five year course. Why they are not bothered the Nigerian masses is because they have the money belonging all Nigerians which they have stolen to send their children abroad to study for three and half year and come back to take up juicy government job waiting for them, those are same jobs the leaders tells the masses that there are no white collar jobs. Not until the few sane Nigerians if any will hold this country on lockdown to force the leaders to swear with our traditional gods, the stealing and lawlessness will end, then, Nigeria will go back to her rightful place. Politicians, what has happened to DPR job? The president is not aware of that too.

narrowpathy:
How can government agencies be copying private agencies in ageism. Besides why are all the agencies suddenly giving employment now. Call me cynical but me thinks it's the 2019 fever

They are all thieves as they know what they are doing, they reserve the government jobs for their children. The DPR test that was conducted last year, did you hear anything about it, were people not employed? Yes, people were employed.

I pray Nigerian government puts an end to this age restriction issue. Its really unfair to the Nigerian youths. Politicians are still clamouring for positions at old age, yet they place age restrictions for innocent youths struggling to succeed in life. May God judge this issue in favor of the youths.

So Sad and this sensitive can't trend more than 2 pages simply because majority have navigated to falsification of records..
Few are fighting a just cause.

enairaprof:
You sound logical. There is hardly any difference between a 20 plus and 30 plus in terms of physical ability especially when both are still single. Check footballers! Age has little or nothing to do with respect. Respect is earned not given. I have held different leadership position where people who were well older than me will gladly take command from me. I respect myself and so they have to respect me. Every company has its policy. Even in some companies, you must call people by their first name. The main point is that if the system had been good, these same people wouldn't have been unemployed at their 30's.

Who feel more need to get his own apartment, 20's or 30's?
Who feel more need to get married, 20's or 30's?
Who have probably had struggle to finish education, 20's or 30's?
Who will have stayed longer as unemployed, 20's or 30's?
Then why not give them a level playing ground and let them be disqualified on competence based.

Well said! You have a very valid point.

hadjipapiey:
Thank You and God bless you

You're welcome.

May God bless you too.