Man Dies Of Depression After ‘Losing’ FG Employment That Made Him Quit His Job

A man has died of depression, months after being denied the FG employment that made him quit his job, Thecable reports.

When the National Pension Commission (PENCOM) offered Mustapha Ajiya a letter of employment in March 2017, his joy knew no bounds. With two months left to assume duty, he resigned from his former job and started making preparations towards starting a new career.

Then, Ajiya got a telephone call from the organisation that assumption of the new employees had been postponed indefinitely on the orders of Aisha Dahir-Umar, acting director-general of the organisation.

The news didn’t go down well with the Zamfara indigene. He and his colleagues had written a recruitment test, done interviews and passed through screening processes from December 2016 to January 2017.

They were finally employed. According to his colleagues, when the waiting for assumption seemed endless, Mustapha became emotionally disturbed.

Having made several efforts to prevail on the management of PENCOM to address their plight, Mustapha slipped into depression, which took a toll on his health. He died leaving a wife and two children behind.