Mahmud Tukur is 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

Bayero University

Bayero University Kano is a university situated in Kano, Kano State, Nigeria. It was founded in 1977, when it was renamed from Bayero University College and upgraded from university college to university; in 1980 it ceased functioning as a faculty of the Ahmadu Bello University...

, Kano

Kano

Kano is a city in Nigeria and the capital of Kano State in Northern Nigeria. Its metropolitan population is the second largest in Nigeria after Lagos. The Kano Urban area covers 137 sq.km and comprises six Local Government Area - Kano Municipal, Fagge, Dala, Gwale, Tarauni and Nassarawa - with a...

 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

Adamu Ciroma

Adamu Ciroma is a Nigerian politician and former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria. He is currently a member of the People's Democratic Party.-Second Republic career:...

, Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad

Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad

Hamza Rafindadi Zayyad was the former head of the Technical Committee on Privatization and Commercialization in Nigeria. The Committee was designed to strengthen government's control of the direction of the country's then nascent privatization exercise.Alhaji Rafindadi was one of the few...

to form a small clique of policy advocates in Northern Nigeria.