Buhari, Tinubu Mourn Tukur, Say he was True Patriot

President Muhammadu Buhari has mourned his close associate and exceptional scholar and administrator, Dr. Mahmud Tukur, describing him as a true patriot and a nationalist.

Also, All Progressives Congress National Leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has commiserated with President Buhari, First Lady Aisha Buhari, and Mallam Mamman Daura over the passing of Tukur, who died yesterday.

The President, in a message to the family, friends and associates of the founding Vice Chancellor of the Bayero University, Kano, stressed that “Dr. Mahmud Tukur’s service to the nation will be remembered by generations. He had a passion for a prosperous, economically strong and united Nigeria. He was a proud nationalist.”

President Buhari, in his tribute, recalled that as Minister of Trade in his first coming as Military Head of State, Tukur introduced a lot of schemes that revived the local industry, boosted exports and gave real meaning and effect to import substitution in regenerating the indigenous manufacturing sector of the economy.

He prayed to Almighty Allah to accept him in Aljannah Firdaus and give the family, friends, the Adamawa Emirate Council and the people of the state the strength to bear this grievous loss.

Tinubu also extended his condolences to the family of the late Tukur, the academic community as well as the government and people of Adamawa State.

In a condolence message issued by his Media Office yesterday, the former Governor of Lagos State said: “I’m deeply saddened by the news of the passing of renowned scholar and former Minister of Trade during the General Buhari military regime, Dr. Mahmud Tukur.