A youth corps member in Enugu state, Bolufemi Princess Motunrayo, reportedly committed suicide on Friday 10th January.
The Kogi state indigene who was serving at a secondary school is said to have drunk two bottles of a popular insecticide, Sniper.
The suicide who was a graduate of banking and Finance from Prince Abubakar Audu University in Kogi state left a note that read, “I did this because I see nothing worth living for in this world”.
The rate of suicide among Nigerian youths has been on the increase even though intellectuals say the global rate has been on the decline. Nigeria currently ranks 15th on the global suicide chart of 2019.
In June 2019, the federal government of Nigeria ordered a ban on the manufacture and sale of Sniper as most intending suicides tend to make a beeline for it. Neighborhood stores have continued to sell the product.
According to global studies on suicide, deliberate consumption of insecticides accounts for 1/3 of suicides. Studies have shown that around 15 million people worldwide might have committed suicide by pesticide poisoning since 1960.
Nigeria has been witnessing an ever climbing rate of youth unemployment with the federal government forecasting that the unemployment rate in Nigeria is set to hit 33.5% in 2020; up from 13.9% in 2016.
Most Nigerian graduates have been conditioned to prepare for a life of hardship after school as the government constantly drums it in their ears, “there are no jobs”.
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