A former minister of Commerce and Industry, Dr Mahmud Tukur, has died.
He died in the early hours of Friday.
He was the first Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano and also a former director of Cadbury Nigeria.
According to Daily Trust, close family members confirmed the death.
Dr Tukur was a close associate of President Muhammadu Buhari.
He died from an undisclosed ailment after he was rushed to a hospital in Abuja from his base in Kaduna, last night.
“His remains is being conveyed to Yola for the funeral,” a source said.
Tukur, according to his brief in Wikipedia, was a Nigerian politician and former minister for Commerce and Industry during the administration of General Buhari.
He was the first Vice Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano and also a former director of Cadbury Nigeria.
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.
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