Mahmud Tukur

Master’s Degree in Public International Affairs 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.

[1] 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.

As a public servant, he served on the Nigeria's Constitution Drafting Committee of 1976.