Unable to face financial difficulties arising from non payment of salaries for months, a member of staff of the University of Benin, Prince Carter Oshodin, on Friday, committed suicide.
Oshodin, who had not been paid his salary for months due to the strike action embarked by university unions, was a data entry personnel at the university.
The Non-Academic Staff Union which the deceased belonged to, had called off its strike recently, but the members are yet to be paid their salaries.
According to report on Facebook, a professor with the University, who would not want his name mentioned, was quoted to have said on Saturday that it is disheartening that they have not been paid since the strike action began. He also wondered why those who called off their strike are still not been paid by the government.
He said, “Yes he is our staff that killed himself due to lack of money. Even some months ago, he was quoted to have been advising people on coping strategies and yet he took his life which has put his family in a bigger problem.
“We have been paid no dime since we went on strike. This is the 10th of September, the non academic staff that has since resumed have not been paid anything,” he was quoted.