An appointee of Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River State, Mr Freeman Godwin, has threatened to kill himself over unpaid salaries since his appointment as an aide.
Freeman was among the appointees appointed in November 2020 and has not been paid since then.
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In a video which has now gone viral, Freeman lamented his plight stating that he borrowed money to do carry out documentation and his wife also gave birth to a baby through surgery adding that he has sold all he has to offer the loan he got hoping that he would be paid salary but all to no avail.
Godwin attempted suicide in the Office of the Auditor-General, where he works but was rescued by his colleagues and in a viral video, he said: “When the time reaches for work, they will use you and dump you. Now they throw you here and there as if you are nobody. I will die for this government. They play me up and down, sending me here and there. I am ready to die.”
He said the entire arrangement was poor. “I am ready to die in this office. I have chosen by myself to take my life. I lost everything. I was there living my life and they called me to take appointment. They asked me to borrow money to do clearance.
“At the end of the day, they select some people and pay N100,000. They are telling me Ben Ayade said so and I should go and get a letter from Ayade. Please, don’t touch me. I will die for them. I sold everything to pay that young man. I borrowed money, came here and did documentation hoping that when I am paid, I will pay back the loan, but it is all frustrating.”
When contacted the Special Adviser, Media and Publicity to Governor Ayade, Mr Christian Ita declined to comment on the matter.
But an inside government source said he was among aides appointed by Governor Ben Ayade in November 2020 but have not been able to complete his documentation.
” He is among those appointed in 2020, he is not the only person who is affected, I believe everything will be sorted out as soon as possible,” the source said.
