Mahmud Shinkafi Haifaffen dan Najeriya ne kuma dan Siyasa. An zabeshi a matsayin gwamnan jihar Zamfara a shekarar 2007, a karkashin jam'iyar All Nigerians People's Party (ANPP). Ya juya sheka a shekarar 2008 zuwa People's democratic party (PDP) mai alamar lema (bayan Ahmed Sani Yerima) zuwa shekara ta 2011 (kafin Abdul'aziz Abubakar Yari). Shine mutanen Zamfara suka zaɓa a matsayin gwamna na biyu a tarihin jihar. Kabir, Hajara Muhammad. Northern women development. [Nigeria]. ISBN 978-978-906-469-4. Kabir, Hajara Muhammad. Northern women development. [Nigeria]. P.162 ISBN 978-978-906-469-4.