Man commits suicide in Kwara over unpaid salaries

-Kwara state civil servant allegedly commits suicide over unpaid salaries.

-The state government has constantly maintained salaries of the state’s civil servants are been settled despite harsh economic situations.

Severe hardship allegedly forces civil servant in Kwara state to kill himself.

A civil servant in Kwara state, identified as Biodun Bashir, said to be a staff of the Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Kwara State at Oyun Local Government, has committed suicide over several months of unpaid salaries.

Information obtained by Naija News, shows the information on the man’s death was made public by Abdulrazaq Hamzat, of the  Kwara Must Change Group.

The group regrets “to bring to public attention, the death of Mr Biodun Bashir, a staff of Universal Basic Education (UBE) in Kwara State at Oyun Local Government, who recently hung himself to death over failure of the Kwara State Government to pay workers salaries and their continued denial of owing workers.”

“The staff, Mr Biodun Bashir a.k.a. ‘Legal’, who is a driver working under UBE committed suicide by hanging on Saturday, 28th October 2017.”

“According to those familiar with the incident, Mr. Biodun, like other workers have been living under severe hardship for many years without any hope of improvement.”

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“While the state government owes workers several months’ salaries, they continued to claim they do not owe on media, a false propaganda that continues to cause depression to many workers. This is so because, the denial of government implies that they do not intend to pay what they owe workers,” Hamzat said.

The group also stated that there were several other cases similar to that of the deceased Biodun Bashir which the public has no information or knowledge about.

“This latest tragedy is a new low for Kwara state government, a state whose highest salary being paid to the most senior workers in level 15 is less than N90, 000.

“Kwara is actually one of the least paying states in the country, yet they continue to owe several months’ unpaid salaries without any intention to pay.”