I'LL GO BACK TO MY LECTURING JOB - FMR. MINISTER OF EDUCATION

Prof. Ruqayyatu Rufa'i, who was among the nine ministers relieved of
their positions by President Goodluck Jonathan in a cabinet reshuffle
on Wednesday, says she will be going back to the university to teach.
She, who handed over the affairs of the education ministry to the
Minister of State in the ministry, Chief Nyesom Wike, as directed by
the president, told newsmen that she would be going back to continue
with her job as a teacher.

Before her appointment as a minister, Rufa'i was a professor of
Curriculum Studies at the Bayero University, Kano.
"I called you here to witness the handing over because as you are all
aware my tenure as minister has expired along with eight others.
"I am going back to resume my job as a professor of Curriculum Studies
at the Bayero University Kano, that is where I came from on
secondment.
"We should know that a time like this will come because if it does
not, death is surely an end."
She expressed gratitude to the President for the opportunity given her
to serve as a cabinet minister.
"I have enjoyed a close working relationship with the President, "Of
course, there were times we had our disagreements, but overall we
enjoyed working together."
Rufa'i, who also thanked Wike and other officials of the ministry for
the support she enjoyed during her tenure in the ministry, tasked them
not to relent in achieving the sector's goal of Access and Quality.
In his remarks, Wike described Rufa'i's exit as "painful" but said
that "when we are not in control, there is nothing we can do".
He said because of the cordial working relations between them, the two
had never been summoned by the president to define their roles.
Wike thanked the former minister for her good leadership.
"I therefore implore you, please do not abandon the ministry, continue
to give us the advice you would have been giving if you were here," he
said
Also in his remarks, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry, Dr
McJohn Nwaobiala, said the change was "like being hit by a
thunderbolt".
Nwaobiala, who described Rufa'i as totally different, pledged that the
ministry would build on the foundation she had laid.

Chai from grace to grass, from N1million per month to N100,000 per month, eyah!