Immediate past Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai returned home to a rapturous reception in Dutse, Jigawa State, penultimate Friday. Rufai, a heroine to many who welcomed her, said she was returning to teaching in the university. But she had one plea for. inquisitive journalists that day.
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With her husband, Dr.Ahmed Rufai proudly seated beside her in the VIP enclosure of the Aminu Kano Triangle in Dutse, Jigawa State, and the crowd roaring her name, it was not surprising that the immediate past Minister of Education, Professor Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufai was asked if she would consider entering politics.
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"I am a professional, but since I joined (government) in 2007, I have practiced politics, so there is nothing wrong with me as a technocrat being a politician," Professor Rufai said at the reception organized for her by the state government on Friday, September 13. The crowd that poured out to receive the former minister was overwhelming.
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Well wishers of the former minister who came from all parts of the state stretched out from the covered stands to the field.
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Outside the triangle, hundreds lined the adjoining streets leading to the arena. Her chief cheer leader was Governor Sule Lamido who nominated her to the federal cabinet in 2011 after her successful stint in the state cabinet between 2007 and 2011. Governor Lamido was to express his satisfaction at her service in Abuja, telling the crowd that day that he was comforted by the fact that Rufai was not sacked for incompetence.