A corps member who sat for the Senior Secondary School Certificate
Examination 17 times Emmanuel Oluwasayomi Ahmadu, popularly known as
Mr. Voiceover is presently preaching against depression and suicide in
Kwara State.
The graduate from the department of Mass Communication, University of
Benin (UNIBEN), who represented the institution, his home state, Kogi
and Nigeria to win numerous national and international awards is a
serving corps member in the state.
Emmanuel enrolled in 16 primary schools, attended 14 secondary
schools, repeated junior and senior classes severally, lost his father
early and also wrote the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination
(UTME) five times before he secured admission into the university.
According to him, he deemed it fit to extend his ongoing nationwide
campaign against depression and suicide to Kwara.
Voiceover stated this during an interview at this year’s World
Suicide Prevention Day, last week held at The Kwara State Ministry of
Women Affairs and Social Development, in Ilorin, adding that he is
committed to using his unique experience to give back to the country
in tackling the global problem of depression and suicide across
Nigeria and beyond.
Emmanuel, a survivor of depression and suicide said he is determined
to use his inspiring story to serve as a ray of hope to tackle the
global menace of depression and suicide prevalent among youths in
Kwara.
He said, “On May 7, 2019, a 20-year-old senior secondary school
student, Moji Agboola, died in Omu-Aran, Kwara, after taking poison.
The deceased, an SS1 student, died at Adeyemo Hospital in the town due
to complications in her body system as a result of the poison she
ingested after she reportedly failed her promotion examination.
“Also, Abodunrin, who was a 2006 graduate of Accounting from the
University of Ilorin, Kwara State, relapsed into depression and took
his life on November 21, 2018.
“Meanwhile, Adigun Emmanuel, a 27-year-old final year student of the
Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Ilorin, also committed
suicide by ingesting a bottle of Sniper after he failed his final year
project for the third time.
“Another lecturer at the Department of Crop Production, College of
Agriculture, Kwara State University, Malete, Dr. Solomon Osunlola,
also took his own life after his request to be made a full-time
lecturer was declined. Osunlola was said to have fallen into
depression after which he took his life.”
He stated his readiness to join forces with the state government in
tackling issues such as depression, mental devastations etc,
resulting to the massive increase in cultism, prostitution, illegal
migration, internet fraud, drug abuse, school dropouts, teenage
pregnancy, rape, and other vices.
