Student begin 'Asuu Strike POS' says dream shattered.
Amid the lingering strike action by the Academic Staff Union of Universities which has lasted seven months, a 200-level student of the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, Usman Opeyemi, has begun a Point of Sale business, which he named ‘ASUU strike PoS.’ Opeyemi, a student of History and International Studies, who spoke in an interview with The PUNCH, Thursday, said he began the business when the strike action of ASUU appeared to have dashed hopes. Sharing the picture of himself sitting at his shop, he had tweeted on Tuesday, “I don open business ooo, courtesy of ASUU strike.” When asked what was the brain behind it, he said, “It’s just this strike; when you have your hope dashed, you have all your plans shattered. The inspiration just came that I should do something considering the kind of environment we are.” When asked if the strike was traumatising for him, Opeyemi replied affirmatively, “Honestly! Because I initially applied for Law at the university, I wasn’t given, so I wa...
