Let me tell you a story of a friend of mine, we both finished secondary school together, and we were intimate friends back then. After leaving secondary school, no phone, no email, no place to reach out to each other. But you know, the internet has brought us more closely to each other through different platforms. So, one day, I thought of searching for my friend on Facebook since it’s a social media where most people go, I typed her full name but all the search results were not bringing her profile.
One day, I came in contact with one old friend too and we were discussing and asking about our old friend, then he told me that my friend had changed his name and that I can check his profile with the new name on Facebook. Wow, I was happy and I quickly sent a friend request to him and he accepted my request and he was also happy to hear from me too.
You see, different reasons could necessitate that you change your name or one of your names. It is specific instructions from God, to some, they just pleased to redefine their name, to some, it is due to marriage, divorce, or BVN while to some, it might be due to some errors or mistakes on their documents.
However, some procedures must be followed legally to publicly declare that you no longer bear a certain name and to notify people of the new name you now answer to. Yes, every Adult in Nigeria is entitled to the right to change their name.
Reasons not valid for change of name:
An attempt to avoid paying a debt, or an attempt to commit a crime, or trying to run away from fulfilling your financial obligations.
An attempt to change your name to match with a celebrity or attach a title like Senator, Honorable, President, and the likes
Additions of symbols or numerals to your name
An attempt to change your name without your parents’ consent
An attempt to change your name completely i.e. your three names that you bear before.
No valid legal backings (You must provide a legal document such as an affidavit, marriage certificate) and a newspaper publication to prove your change of name. Note that this last point will be required for any institutions such as INEC, NIMC, and Banks, and so on.
Also, note that anyone can oppose your name change through a written affidavit if it can be proven with a valid reason.
Also, that GoldMine Networks can assist you with both your affidavit process and newspaper publication at an affordable price with no stress involved.
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