Mahmud Tukur

Mahmud Tukur
Born	1939 Yola
Died	9 April 2021
Burial place	Yola
Nationality	Nigerian
Education	Doctor of Philosophy in Public Management Master’s Degree in Public International Affairs Bachelor's Degree in International Affairs and Political Science at the University of Wales
Alma mater	Ahmadu Bello University University of Pittsburgh University of Wales
Relatives	Bamanga Tukur Hamman Tukur

Mahmud Tukur (1939 - 2021) was a Nigerian politician and former Minister for Commerce and Industry during the military administration of General Muhammadu Buhari. He was the first indigenous Director of the Institute of Administration, Congo, Zaria. He took the mantle from Professor Professor Sam Scruton Richardson in 1967, until 1975 when he became the first Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano. Tukur's enviable position and competence displayed as the Vice Chancellor of Bayero University increased his public profile in Northern Nigeria. He became friends with contemporaries such as Mamman Daura, Adamu Ciroma, Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad to form a small clique of policy advocates in Northern Nigeria. He died on April 9, 2021, at the age of 82 years.

Honours

Mahmud Tukur twin theatre Bayero university old campus

Mahmud Tukur was a Fulbright-Hays Fellow, a senior I.U.C. Fellow and an associate member of St. Anthony's College, Oxford (1974). As a public servant, he served on the Nigeria's Constitution Drafting Committee of 1976. He was also a member of the sub-committee on Citizenship Rights, Fundamental Rights, Political Parties and Electoral System under the chairmanship of Alhaji Aminu Kano. He was a member of the National Constitutional Conference (1994/1995) and the Vision 2010 Committee of 1997.

In his honor, a Twin theatre was named after him, Mahmud Tukur Twin theatre. It is a very large building that is used for educational purposes in the university, in Bayero University old site campus.