Bamanga Tukur was born on 15 September 1935 and is a Nigerian businessman and politician who served as Minister for Industries in the administration of General Sani Abacha during the 1990s.
20 Facts About Bamanga Tukur
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Bamanga Tukur is one of the high-profile civil servants and military officers who acquired large areas of farmland along the various River Basin authorities.
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Bamanga Tukur was president of the Africa Business Roundtable in 2012.
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From March 2012 to January 2014, Tukur was National Chairman of the People's Democratic Party.
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Bamanga Tukur is a resident of Adamawa State and was once the governor of the old Gongola State, which encompassed Adamawa and Taraba States.
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Bamanga Tukur was a member of the board of Trustees of the People's Democratic Party.
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Bamanga Tukur came to national attention in the mid-1970s, as the general manager of the Nigerian Ports Authority, it was a time the agency was having problems with congestion as a result of a massive cement importation scheme that was started at the twilight of Yakubu Gowon's administration.
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Bamanga Tukur served as governor for three months before the democratic administration was curtailed by a military coup.
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Bamanga Tukur serves as the Chair of NEPAD Business Group and Executive President of African Business Roundtable.
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From 1975 to 1982, Bamanga Tukur served as Chief Executive of the Nigerian Ports Authority.
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Bamanga Tukur is Honorary Life President of the west and central Africa Ports Management Association, and a member of various Chambers of Commerce in Nigeria.
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Bamanga Tukur is a member of the UNIDO International Business Advisory Council, the Ghana Investors Advisory Council and the OECD Africa Investment Advisory Board.
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Bamanga Tukur was elected Chairman of the NEPAD Business Group in March 2002.
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Dr Bamanga Tukur serves as Chairman of Advisory Board at Africa investor Ltd.
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Dr Bamanga Tukur was awarded the Doctorate Degree of Law by Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria and is a fellow of the Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria.
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Bamanga Tukur has an MSc from the University of Pittsburgh Bamanga Tukur was awarded the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Mono, and the National Honour of the Commander of the Order of the Niger in recognition of his contribution to business in Africa.
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Bamanga Tukur holds the traditional title of Tafidan Adamawa and Wakilin Ganye in Adamawa State.
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On 31 August 2013, the chairmanship of Bamanga Tukur was openly challenged when seven governors, including Nyako from Adamawa state, 22 senators and 57 members of House Representatives, all from the PDP, were led by former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar to declare a 'New PDP' with Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje as its chairman.
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On 15 January 2014, Bamanga Tukur resigned as Chairman of the PDP.
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Bamanga Tukur had insisted that he would not resign, saying that it was only the party's convention that could remove him, but he was said to have been pressured to resign by his son, Anwal.