ASUU strike: Final year medical student turned food vendor dies

A Medicine and Surgery final-year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), Usman Abubakar-Rimi, who ventured into food selling business due to the prolonged Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, has died.

Abubakar-Rimi, who opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto State, it was gathered, died on Wednesday after a brief illness.

The death of the medical student was confirmed on Saturday by the Chairman of 21st Century Enterprenuer Hub, Umar Idris, a close associate of the deceased.

Idris said the deceased had been buried according to Islamic rites in his hometown, Rimi, in Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

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He described the deceased as a humble person and a dedicated student and enterprenuer, adding that Abubakar-Rimi was Katsina State Coordinator of the 21st Century Entrepreneurs Hub, and actively participated in coordinating Global Entrepreneurship activities in 2019 and 2020.

He added that the deceased also coordinated the Young CEOs Meetup in Katsina, the largest CEOs gathering in Katsina from 2019 and 2020, as well as several other skills acquisition trainings.

It would be recalled that Abubakar-Rimi, in an exclusive interview with NAN on September 9, 2022, said the prolonged industrial action embarked upon by ASUU gave him the opportunity to begin the food business.

The deceased stated that he also utilised the period of the COVID-19 lockdown to start an egg and chicken distribution business.

Abubakar-Rimi had advised students to utilise their free time to engage in businesses, stressing that online services provided a lot of opportunities to leverage on.

The Star