Ex-Minister Prof Ruqayyatu Rufa'i Says she is Going Back to the University to Teach

Ex-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 handed over the affairs of the education ministry to the Minister of State in the ministry, Chief Nyesom Wike, as directed by the president, and 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.

She also expressed gratitude to the President for the opportunity given her to serve as a cabinet minister.

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.