A lot of people ask questions such as ''how do I change
my name after marriage? Or am tired of bearing this old name I want to change and answer a new name?
Is changing of one's name in Nigeria a stressful process? What are the facts about name changing?
After
marriage, you can decide to change your name to your husband's name,or
as an individual you can decide to change your name to any new name of
your choice, the process is actually very easy.
After
marriage,a lot of Nigerian women are worried about how to change their
names to their husbands name and also how to manage the stress of
changing the names on some vital documents such as International
passports,driver's license,credit cards Etc.
In
this post we will show you how you can easily change your name to your
husbands name or to another name of your choice,all you have to do is to
follow the two steps quick guide below.
How To Change Your Name In Nigeria > Step By Step Quick Guide
Step 1:
Make
sure that you are in possession of your wedding certificate (if your
married) as this will go a long way in helping you to change your name.
Generally
you should make available some documents such as a signed and sworn
affidavit from a court and a cutting from a newspaper with a message
about your name change.
You
can simply walk into any office of one of the daily newspaper companies
in Nigeria (The Sun,Punch,Vanguard Etc) and make inquiries,this will
cost you between N3,000 -N5,000 while the affidavit can be sworn in any
high court near your area.
You should also know that every Nigerian has the right to change his/her name,however the person has to be over 18 years old.
Step 2:
After
following the instructions in step 1,the next step is to inform all the
relevant people in your life about the name change,you might consider
informing your bank,place of work,school etc.
In
most cases when you want to effect the change of name in an
international passport or your bank account,you will be required to show
some documents such as your marriage certificate or a sworn affidavit
which serves as a legal document to back up your claim.
Listed
above is how you can easily change your name in Nigeria,the whole
process shouldn't cost you more than ten thousand Naira.
