Former PDP Chairman Bamanga Tukur Dies in Nigeria
Bamanga Tukur, a former national chairman of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), politician and public administrator, has died in Nigeria at the age of 90. Family sources announced his death on Saturday, Premium Times Nigeria reports. Details of the circumstances of his death were not immediately disclosed.
Public service
Bamanga Tukur was born on September 15, 1935. From 1975 to 1982, he served as general manager of the Nigerian Ports Authority. Tukur later entered electoral politics and won the gubernatorial election in Gongola State in 1983.
He headed Gongola State during Nigeria’s Second Republic. The territory of the former state now comprises the present-day states of Adamawa and Taraba. Tukur’s tenure as governor ended after a military coup in December 1983.
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Politics and business
After holding public office, Tukur founded BHI Holdings, also known as the DADDO Group of Companies. From 1993 to 1995, he served as minister of industry under the military administration of General Sani Abacha.
Tukur was executive president of the African Business Roundtable and headed the NEPAD Business Group, while also performing advisory functions in several international trade organizations. In March 2012, he was elected national chairman of the PDP with the backing of then-President Goodluck Jonathan. In January 2014, he left the post amid prolonged internal party factional disputes.
Tukur held the title of Tafidan Adamawa. He received the national honor of Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON), as well as the Commander of the Order of the Mono (COM), awarded by the Republic of Togo. He is survived by his wives, children and grandchildren.
