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JonathanMinister of Education· April 2010 — September 2013

Prof. Ruqayyatu Ahmed Rufa'i

Architected the federal almajiri schools programme.

The record

Ruqayyatu Rufa'i (b. 6 February 1957, Gusau) was the first female substantive Minister of Education and led the design of the federal almajiri model schools — 165 of which were commissioned across 14 northern states between 2010 and 2013.

Sources

  • Universal Basic Education Commission — Almajiri Programme reports, 2010–2014
Methodology

Tier 1 · primary

Courts. Gazettes. National archives.

Tier 2 · corroborating

OCCRP. HRW. BudgIT. TheCable.

Tier 4 · tertiary, flagged

Wikipedia only where primary is pending. Always labelled.