Mahmud Modibbo Tukur, distinguished scholar and inspiring teacher of history, was head of the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bell...ver maisMahmud Modibbo Tukur, distinguished scholar and inspiring teacher of history, was head of the Department of History and Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, Nigeria. An activist and trade unionist who, as National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities in Nigeria, was at the forefront of struggles for academic freedom and improved infrastructure in the nation’s institutions of higher learning.ver menos