He later joined the Central Bank of Nigeria in 1990 and rose to the position of Deputy Director in the Procurement and Support Services Department until his retirement in 2019.
Nuhu-koko attended the Turaki primary school in Sokoto state 1972-1977 He enrolled into the Federal Government College, Kano in 1977 and later on proceeded to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
Nuhu-koko began his career as a building Engineer while serving with the Niger River Basin Development Authority (NRBDA) Ilorin, this was part of his mandatory youth service with the NYSC 1983-1984.
He eventually rose to the position of the Head of Projects planning, and Implementation division, procurement and support services department of the CBN.
[9] He was also very passionate about providing adequate security for unity schools, especially those in the North Eastern part of Nigeria where a violent insurgency had claimed the lives of so many including students.
So, you can only have the best economy if you have highly trained manpower and this intervention fund is aimed at developing highly skilled manpower in the university to help drive the nation's economy to a desired levelOn the 31st of January 2016, Nuhu-Koko was Awarded the Sir Alhaji Ahmadu Bello Sardauna Platinum Leadership Award by the Northern Youth Network.