Mariya Mahmoud Bunkure is a Nigerian medical doctor and politician who has served as the minister of state for the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria since 2023.
[2] She was appointed by the Governor of Kano State, Alhaji Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.
[6][7] She did her house job in Murtala Specialist Hospital Kano and went on to do her youth service in Plateau State at the National Metallurgical Development Centre, Jos.
[7] On 5 November 2019 she was appointed as the Honourable Commissioner (Ministry Of Higher Education) in Kano State.
On 26 October 2020 she announced the fixed date for the reopening of the state-owned tertiary education institutions, after seven months of closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the state.