The Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has mourned the death of its former General Manager and Chief Executive, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who died on Saturday, September 12, 2026, at the age of 90.
Tukur, a distinguished elder statesman and international businessman, served as General Manager and Chief Executive of the Nigerian Ports Authority from 1975 to 1982.
In a statement signed by the NPA General Manager, Corporate Affairs, Ikechukwu Onyemekara, the Managing Director of the NPA, Dr. Abubakar Dantsoho, expressed condolences to the immediate family of the deceased, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the people of Adamawa State.
Dantsoho, who joined the Executive Governor of Adamawa State to receive the corpse of the late business mogul, described Tukur as a pillar of trade facilitation and an inspiration to many.
“I will like to on behalf of the entire Management and Staff of the NPA express our profound condolences and deepest sympathies to his immediate family, the Federal Republic of Nigeria and indeed the good people of Adamawa State on the demise of a pillar of trade facilitation and an inspiration to many,” Dantsoho said.
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