Bamanga Tukur
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Bamanga Tukur is a prominent Nigerian businessman and politician, he was a former minister for Industries during the administration of General Sani Abacha. He is one of the high profile civil servants and military officers who acquired large hectares of farmland along the various River Basin authorities. He is currently the president of the Africa Business Roundtable.
[edit] Life and Career
Alhaji Bamanga Tukur is from Adamawa State. He was the former governor of the old Gongola State and a former member of the board of Trustee of PDP. He came to national repute as the general manager of the Nigerian Ports Authority, during the mid 70's, the agency then was dealing with congestion problems as a result of the massive cement importation accrued during the twilight of the Gowon administration. During this period, the government built a few more seaports to ease the transaction cost associated with shipping and to ensure adequate facilities for Nigeria's import and export needs.
In 1982, he left his position as general manager and soon contested the Gongola gubernatorial race, he won and was governor for three months before the democratic administration was curtailed by a military coup. After leaving the Gongola State House, he entered full scale entrepreneurship, and was the founder and chairman of BHI holdings or DADDO group of companies. In 1992, he was an unsuccessful presidential candidate for the National Republican Convention, he and a few rivals of Adamu Ciroma lobbied for the cancellation of the first primary due to allegations of favoritism leveled against the leadership of the party. During this period, his friendship with some Nigerian firms raised concerns about his ethical disposition, as he was a board member of the Nigerian branch of the Bank of Credit and Commerce International.
Recently, he as worked with the New Partnership on Africa initiative, NEPAD as one of the leading businessmen from the African continent.
[edit] References
- William Reno, Warlord politics and African states
