First-class Unilag graduate narrates how his age worked against him in Nigeria as he gets a top job in UK

A younger Nigerian man residing in the UK has taken to the microblogging platform, Twitter to relate how his age hindered him from securing a job in Nigeria, regardless of being a first class graduate.

According to the younger man, recognized as Taofik, he had gotten his diploma on the age of 28 and had repeatedly discovered it tough to safe a job in Nigeria.

In his phrases:

“At 28, finished first class, BSc in Finance from Unilag but couldn’t qualify for a grad role in Nigeria due to age factors. At 32, Now working at Bloomberg London office as a sales analyst covering Europe and US corporates. If Nigeria doesn’t value you another country will.”