A young man named Samson
reportedly committed suicide "overnight" due to unemployment.
Twitter user, Adedayo Ben Lanre,
who is a cousin to the deceased, shared the sad news on Twitter.
"Today is the worst day of
my life," Lanre tweeted.
He added: "Not the best news
to start the week... My closest cousin committed suicide overnight due to
unemployment. Samson why?"
Unemployment rate in Nigeria
increased to 23.10 percent in the third quarter of 2018 from 22.70 percent in
the second quarter of 2018, according to the National Bureau of Statistics. In
the third quarter of 2017, unemployment stood at 18.8 percent.
The rise in unemployment has
fueled hopelessness among young Nigerians and sadly, has led to suicide of a
young, promising man.
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