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Ele CO. Journal of policy and development studies 2017; 11(1): 13-20. |
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(Copyright © 2017, ZARSMI & Arabain Group of Journals) |
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This paper discusses the prevalence of suicide cases in contemporary Nigeria from the viewpoint of Christian Ethics. This study was necessitated by the frequency at which some Nigerians opted for suicide as a permanent means to solving their transient economic difficulties which are harshly dealing with Nigerians presently. This work strives to know what the Christian attitude should be in the face of sufferings in the light of the teachings of Jesus Christ and his ideals as inspired by both the Old and New Testaments of the Holy Scriptures. Suicide as a human act has ethical values. Therefore, this study investigates its culpability or justifiability, permissibility or impermissibility from the viewpoint of Christian Ethics. The findings of this paper reveal that the greatest percentage of suicide notes blamed the poverty and deprivations that informed their suicide decisions on the ineptitude of the Nigerian government to fix the economy. Again, the study discovered that the suicide ideation, plan and execution cut across the multi- strata of the Nigerian population: rich and poor, theists and atheists, male and female, literate and illiterates, young and old, students and educators, et cetera. Another finding is the gradual erosion and disappearance of our cultural values of the extended family system which hitherto provided suitable helps in moments of crises. The current individualistic choices are sources of unquantifiable volumes of hopelessness as the needy in the families are left in the cold grips of lacks and miseries. Based on multiple findings of this work, it therefore recommends persuasively, among others, that the Nigerian government should urgently provide happiness and hope for Nigerians in order to keep their mental operations free from contemplating and committing suicide. The methodology employed in this study is descriptiveobservational which means that the prevalence of suicide cases in contemporary Nigerian society were observed and investigated over time. Language: en |