The Periscope Reporter
Mr. Adamu Aminu Tukur, popularly known as Ammar Tukur has bagged the 2021 MTN’s North Best Sales Representative Award.
Ammar is the son of late Dr. Aminu Tukur of Blessed memory; the first medical doctor in the defunct Gongola state, covering Adamawa and Tabara, whose second, the states were blessed with came ten years later.
Dr. Tukur, whose achievements Ammar is metaphorically immortalising as demonstrated by the merit award he won, indicative of hard work, had made a mark not only in Adamawa but in northeast Nigeria and indeed Nigeria as a whole. He was a contemporary of Professor Emeritus Umaru Shehu, a Professor of Medicine who served as the 11th Vice Chancellor of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka; a Professor Emeritus, Community health, University of Maiduguri and former President of the Nigerian Academy of Science.
Dr. Tukur, it could be recalled, was the distinguished patriot who earlier proposed for the establishment of college of nursing and midwifery Yola, medical college and teaching hospital decades ago in the defunct Gongola state.
There was and is the college of nursing and midwifery in Yola, Adamawa state. Taraba state was also later to establish a college of nursing. Dr Tukur could however not survive the realisation of a dream in having a medical college and teaching hospital in Yola established rather posthumously.
Ammar Tukur was with American University of Nigeria, AUN, Yola, before joining service with MTN Nigeria in July 2018 where he was onboarded at Kano state.
Ammar was later posted to Katsina state to cover Funtua Territory, comprising of 11 local government areas.
Ammar was eventually transferred to Adamawa, his home state in the year 2020 as a sales representative covering Adamawa northern senatorial district (Mubi Territory) hitherto occupied by the Boko Haram insurgents.
His diligence, commitment and dedication, his strategic management zeal and diplomatic skills added up in making him an effective and efficient marketer to float flawlessly in the global Information and technology; GSM business with the philosophy he subscribes to fly high beyond the reach in the sky; earning him the prestigious MTN award, perhaps as a pioneer achiever, in that regard, from Adamawa state.
Responding to the Periscope, the award winning Ammar explained that, “the award I’m being honoured with as the Best Sales Representation North for the year 2021 followed the critically strict review of my performance; I’m so lucky to be the top staff who achieved marvelously in the entire KPI’s in Northern Nigeria.
“KPI stands for key performance indicator, a quantifiable measure of performance over time for a specific objective. KPIs provide targets for teams to shoot for, milestones to gauge progress, and insights that help people across the organization make better decisions.
“I would confess that it’s not easy as I had several sleepless nights, struggles and hurdles, beating challenges with no trace of stress devoid of boredom, to be able to discover the proverbial light at the end of the tunnel.
“It’s also fascinating to discover how much of a collective undertaking success or achievement really is; theorists would refer to it as collaboration, synergy and or teamwork. In this respect, I’ll love to recognise a few of my mentors, the likes of the Regional General Manager North, Hajiya Amina Dambatta, Senior Managers; Abdulhamid Abba and Hamza Ibrahim, Sales and Trade Development Manager Yola Area, Mr. Godwin Musa and Sales and Trade Development Manager FCT Area; Mr. Nonso Ojogwu. These personalities rather selflessly played vital roles in guiding and supporting me towards achieving my targets. They truly remain my heroes.
“The Alumni and management staff of Konngol SilverTongue: Media and Language Training Institute Yola, are also worthy of mention”.
Added to the IT knowledge and strategic marketing, Ammar is a skilled event manager, a field he not only practices but also mentors many and teaches at Konngol; his alma mater.
Ammar was the lead event manager for the Periscope Global Publishers’ maiden productivity award, which was held in 2016.
Ammar earlier benefited from the Periscope Global Publishers’ 2016 and 2017 prestigious awards. He is also a nominee for the 2021 the Periscope award scheduled for April, 2022; a justification and recognition that he is indeed a worthy ambassador of the varried constituencies he singularly represents and a pride to his parents, family and friends”.