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ASUU Strike: Lecturer Turns Bolt Driver After Turning Down Job Offer Abroad

Tapre Timine
Tapre Timine
Published: June 14, 2025
Last updated: June 14, 2025
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ASUU Strike: Lecturer Turns Bolt Driver After Turning Down Job Offer Abroad | Daily Report Nigeria
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A senior lecturer at the University of Calabar (UNICAL), who is affected by the lasting Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), strike has ventured into cab driving.

The lecturer, ( name withheld) is said to be head of a renowned department at the University of Calabar.

According to him, to get by during difficult times, fend for his family, and fulfill other duties, he had to turn to drive Bolt cabs.

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Dr. Anthony Bissong Attah, a former lecturer and president of the UNICAL Post Graduate Students Association, narrated his encounter with the said lecturer.

“Today was a really emotional day for me. To get to an engagement in Calabar this morning, I hired a Bolt cab. The cab driver told me I looked like one of his university colleagues when he came to pick me up.

“I am familiar with many UNICAL lecturers. Many of my friends and acquaintances from the University were mentioned by this Bolt driver.

“The idea that a university don may unwittingly end up working as a cab driver makes me cringe. This is not meant to imply that it is improper for a lecturer to also serve as a chauffeur. Not at all, no.

“However, I’m worried that a preventable circumstance has forced these instructors into a hastily devised alternate source of income.

“This is really disheartening and irritating. Is it not important for civil and public workers to have several sources of income? That is a topic for a different conversation.

“The overall theme of this discussion is the need to support all of our colleagues in the academic community who are participating in the ongoing university strike. They are enduring extremely unusual economic difficulties,” Attah said.

Attah added that the lecturer-turned-driver regretted how let go of an opportunity to accept a lecturing job in Finland like several of his colleagues.

Likewise, on Twitter, netizens have been sharing stories of encountering UNICAL Professors working as cab drivers throughout the state.

The Vice-Chancellor, Professor Florence Bank Obi, returned from a personal vacation in Chicago, United States, just two days before this.

Earlier on Tuesday in Abuja, Professor Obi attended a meeting with vice-chancellors and provosts to discuss the ASUU strike.

Negotiations between the Federal Government and the ASUU have often come to a standstill since the strike began in February 2022.

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