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The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, on Sunday appealed to workers in Kogi State not to see suicide as a way out of the current hardship imposed on them as a result of non-payment of their salaries.
The state Chairman of the NLC, Mr Onu Edoka, who made the appeal in Lokoja warned the workers against taking extreme actions because the tough time would soon be over.
Edoka, who was reacting to the suicide of a director in the state, Edward Soje on Oct. 16 as a result of financial hardship, insisted that taking one’s life should not be an option.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the deceased’s wife has yet to be informed of the tragic death of her husband.
A source close to the family said a team of pastors and relations who visited her at an Abuja hospital to break the news were advised by the management against it due to her state of health.
Edoka, however, told NAN that many workers and pensioners had died due to non-payment of their salary and pensions by the state government.
According to him, many workers in the state have had their ailments aggravated as a result of lack of salary.
He said high blood pressure and diabetes had become common among them.
Edoka said the organised labour had started compiling statistics of workers and pensioners that have died in the last one year.