ASUU strike: Final year medical student, Usman Abubakar-Rimi who turned food vendor dies hours after ASUU calls off strike
Mr Usman Abubakar-Rimi, a Medicine and Surgery final-year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS), who ventured into the food-selling business due to the prolonged ASUU strike, has died.
Abubakar-Rimi opened a food outlet and Indomie joint in the Diplomat area in Sokoto.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the medical student died on Wednesday after a brief illness.
The death was confirmed to NAN on Saturday by the Chairman of 21st Century Entrepreneur 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.
He described the deceased as a humble person and a dedicated student and entrepreneur.
According to him, the deceased was the Katsina State Coordinator of the 21st Century Entrepreneurs Hub, and actively participated in coordinating Global Entrepreneurship activities in 2019 and 2020.