UNIBEN Data entry staff Prince Carter Oshodin has reportedly committed suicide over growing financial crisis.
According to reports the decease was said to have taken his own life on Friday, September 9, in Umelu Community in Upper Sakponba area of Benin City due to his inability to provide for his family amidst the present condition in the country and non-payment of salary.
Late Prince Carter Oshodin who was a member of the the Non-Academic Staff Union, has lamented the non payment of salary since their strike action was called off.
Reacting to the unfortunate incident, a Professor in the University who spoke anonymous said it is heartbreaking that those Unions that called off their strike have still not been paid by the government.
A colleague of the late Oshodin, who simply identified himself as Edward, said the deceased on his Facebook page lamented that he could not meet his financial obligations and was finding it increasingly difficult to pay his two daughters’ school fees.
Before his untimely demise, Oshodin, in a Facebook post in 2017, had counselled those who work in the public sector to persevere because things could get better.