BY ALIYU DANGIDA
DUTSE – The Jigawa state Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido has said the struggle for the emancipation of the down trodden had just begun, saying they are  not going to relent in their efforts towards the entrenchment of sound democratic ideals in the country.

Governor Lamido made the assertion during a warm reception organised by the State government in honor of the former minister of education, Professor Ruqayyatu Rufa’i  who was recently sacked along with other 8 ministers.

He said that the government and people of the state are worried over the removal of the minister of education from her position and described what happened to her as a destiny.

His words- “We are very proud of what the minister had done during her stay in that capacity and her name will be written in gold in the anal of the state’s history, Professor Ruqayyatu is a true  daughter of the soil that have also served the nation and the state very well during her days as the commissioner of education and minister of Education”.

The governor explained that the current political development in the new PDP is at length with the principles of democracy where people have the right to voice out their feelings on what ever is disturbing them without any hindrance, and that power belongs to God who gives and takes from whoever he wishes and hand it over to the person He so.

In her remarks the former minister expressed delight over the opportunity given to her to served as minister, saying with the little contribution she has made in the ministry education had been given a boost.

The former minister described her successes to the strong backing she got from home especially through her father governor Sule Lamido. “The governor has been instrumental towards my progress politically beginning with my appointment as a Commissioner of education to the ministerial post”, she added