Bamanga Tukur

Dr. Alhaji Tafidan Bamanga Muhammad Tukur was born on September 15th, 1935 at Gambaro Village in present day Gombi local government area of Adamawa state, Nigeria to late Malam Hamman Tukur. He is a Nigerian businessman and politician.

Bamanga Tukur Age

Bamanga Tukur is 89 years old.

Bamanga Tukur Early Life

Tukur was the third son after late Dahiru and Modibbo. His other well-known younger brothers include Dr. Mahmud Tukur, a former Minister of Industry and Vice Chancellor of Bayero University Kano and Engr. Hamman Adamu Tukur, a retired Director General of Federal Ministry of Mines and Power and Chairman, Revenue Mobilization and Fiscal Commission.

Tafilda’s father was an aristocrat and administrator, indeed, one of the finest in the land. There were very few other men that had the kind of wealth of knowledge of Arabic education combined with excellent administrative skills like he did. His excellence at dispute resolution was said to have been legendary. 

At about the age of 5, he was sent to an Islamic/Arabic school under Modibbo Goni Abubakar. After about two years, he was placed under the special care of Alhaji Abubakar Bobbo (Na’ibin Jada) to complete his Qur’an education. On completing his Quranic education, he was enrolled in JADA Elementary school from1946 to 1949. He was the class room Monitor and upon completion, he was enrolled in Yola Middle School between 1949 and 1953. On successful completion, he moved in 1954 to Government Secondary School, Bauchi. He was a house prefect of Madawaki House. He passed his London General certificate Examination in 1957 with flying colours.

Between 1958 and 1959 Alhaji Bamanga Tukur gained admission in to the Institute of Administration, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria to study Accountancy and Public Finance. On the successful completion of his studies in Zaria, he proceeded to United Kingdom to NORTHWEST Polytechnic London to study Marine Transportation in the morning and the London School of Economics in the afternoon to study Transportation, Economics and Statistics. After the successful completion of his studies, he was also between 1965-1966 at the Pittsburg University, United States to read a post-graduate course in Public Administration and International Relations.

Bamanga Tukur Career

His career in public service actively started on his completion of secondary school education in Bauchi when he was recruited into the Adamawa Local Government Service in January 1958 in Yola. His best subject in school, Arithmetic, was to open his door of life as it were, by being recruited into the accounting system of the local government administration. He was employed as an Accountant/Supervisor in Adamawa Native Authority. His duties were to prepare budgets for the District Council Funds, supervise all the districts and monitor their finances and expenditures.

Not long after his recruitment in October 1958, he was sent to Institute of Administration, Zaria to study a Diploma in Accountancy and Public Finance. On his successful completion of the course, he was promoted as Accountant/Departmental Secretary in-charge of all developmental projects in Adamawa Native Authority amongst other duties. From here, as fate planned for him, he joined the Federal Ministry of Trade and Industry in the former Northern Region as an Assistant Executive Officer, Accounts. After a brief tenure, he joined the Nigerian Ports Authority in September 1960 just before Nigeria got its independence from Britain.

From 1975 to 1982, Dr. Tukur served as Chief Executive of the Nigerian Ports Authority and was for three months the governor of defunct Gongola State which comprises present day Adamawa and Taraba states. His regime was truncated by the military intervention of December 31st, 1983, which inaugurated the administration of General Muhammadu Buhari, the government that eventually detained Tukur and other leading politicians for 21 months without trial.

Tukur has been one of the country’s flag-bearers in the various development organs of the African Union (AU). He presided over the African Business Roundtable (ABR) and was a major stakeholder in the New Economic Partnership for African Development (NEPAD). When Tukur flourished at the Lagos port as the indefatigable manager there, Aderinokun was the Editor of defunct Daily Express newspaper. 

While Aderinokun has been committed himself over decades to former President Olusegun Obasanjo’s African leadership Forum as a resource person, Tukur has traversed the most developed nations of the world seeking a better place under the sun for the African, an outreach which brought into contact with Ghanaian-born Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, and other world leaders. 

He is a member of the UNIDO International Business Advisory Council, the Ghana Investors Advisory Council and the OECD Africa Investment Advisory Board. He was elected Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group in March 2002. Dr. Tukur serves as Chairman of Advisory Board at Africa investor Ltd. and also serves as Chairman of the Board at African Investment Advisory. Between March 2012 and January 2014, he served as National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party. In 2011, a literary autography of him titled, The Global Villager: Bamanga Tukur, was published. The book was written by veteran journalist, Chief Eddie Aderinokun.

Bamanga Tukur Personal Life

Tukur is a devote Muslim. He is married to Hajiya Fatima Tukur and has numerous children. Some of them include; Hon. Awwal Tukur, Mrs Lami Danburam, Mrs. Zainab, Mustapha Jaji, Mahmud Bamanga Tukur, and Mohammed Raji Fahad Tukur. One of his daughters, Jemila Tukur, is married to Prof. Taoheed Adedoja, a former Nigerian Minister of Sports and Youth Development.

Bamanga Tukur Awards

• Dr. Tukur was awarded the Doctorate Degree of Law (Honoris Causa) by Benue State University in Markudi
• He was awarded the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Mono (COM), and the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON) in recognition of his contribution to business in Africa.
• He is the Wakilin Ganye (1988), Asipa Bashorun of Ibadan (1995), Tafidan Adamawa (1999), Adaidaha ke Efik Eburutu and host of other traditional titles.

Bamanga Tukur Net Worth

His net worth is not available.

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