Rukayat Shittu
Rukayat Shittu | |
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| Member Owode/Onire constituency, Kwara State House of Assembly. | |
| Assuming office June 2023 | |
| Succeeding | Ambali Olatunji Ibrahim |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 6 June 1996 Manyan, Asa, Kwara State |
| Nationality | Nigerian |
| Political party | All Progressives Congress |
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Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu (born 6 June 1996) is a Nigerian journalist and lawmaker, representing Owode/Onire constituency, Asa Local Government Area in the Kwara State House of Assembly.[1][2][3][4]
Early life and education[edit]
Rukayat Shittu was born on 6 June 1996 in Manyan, Asa Local Government Area of Kwara State.[5] She attended Baptist Primary School LGEA in Ilorin, and Government Girls Day Secondary School, Oko Erin where she obtained her Senior Secondary School Certificate in 2011.[6][7] She attended Kwara State College of Arabic and Islamic Legal Studies where she obtained a diploma certificate in Mass Communication and Islamic Studies in 2015.[8][7] In 2017, she got admission into the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) to study Mass Communication and graduated in 2022.[9][10]
Career[edit]
Shittu was the first female senate president at the Congress of NOUN Students (CONS), an unofficial students association at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).[7] After graduating, she worked at Just Event Media, based in Ilorin as a journalist.[11] In 2022, Shittu picked the interest form for the Kwara state House of Assembly under the All Progressives Congress[11] and was declared member-elect of 10th Kwara state House of Assembly in the 2023 Kwara state House of Assembly elections.[6]
Rukayat is a member of leading Pro Democracy group, Kwara Must Change, which is one of the leading groups that spearheaded the Otoge political revolution in 2019. She operated as internal publicity secretary of the group. The Kwara Must Change mentored, sponsored and promoted her candidature, being the organization that champion advocacy for gender inclusion in the state. In 2019, the group demanded for a minimum of 50% cabinet positions for women, which the state government adopted.
References[edit]
- ^ "26-year-old Rukayat Shittu wins house of assembly seat in Kwara". TheCable. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Online, Tribune (19 March 2023). "26-year-old journalist wins Kwara Assembly seat". Tribune Online. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "26-Year-Old Rukayat Shittu Wins Kwara Assembly Seat". 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Online, Tribune (19 March 2023). "26-year-old journalist wins Kwara Assembly seat". Tribune Online. Retrieved 2 April 2023.
- ^ "Meet Rukayat Shittu, 26-year-old who won a seat in Kwara Assembly". businessday.ng. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b "Meet 26-year-old Kwara assembly member-elect". The Punch. 19 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b c Akinlotan, Olasunkanmi (31 January 2023). "How I emerged candidate, finance my campaign - 'Youngest' APC candidate". Premium Times Nigeria. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "2023 Election: 26-year-old Woman, Rukayat Shittu Wins Assembly Seat In Kwara | Sahara Reporters". saharareporters.com. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ Editorial (20 March 2023). "Rukayat Shittu's Victory". Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ "26 Years Rukayat Shittu Don Win Chair For Inside Kwara State Assembly". Wazobia FM. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
- ^ a b Lawal, Nurudeen (20 March 2023). "Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu, RMS: The 26 year old lady fighting a seat in Kwara House of Assembly". Legit.ng. Retrieved 31 March 2023.