Simon Onwu

Simon Ezevuo Onwu, MD OBE (28 Disamba 1908 - 4 Yuni Shekara ta 1969) likita ne ɗan Najeriya kuma likita na farko daga kabilar Igbo a Gabashin Najeriya wanda ake ganin ficewarsa ne ya gaggauta kafa kungiyar Igbo. 

 Rayuwar farko 
An haife shi a ranar 28 ga watan Disamba 1908 a garin Affa dake karamar hukumar Udi ta jihar Enugu. Ya kasance ɗan Cif Amadi Onwubunta da Madam Nwalute Onwubunta na Amozalla Affa a ƙaramar hukumar Udi.

 Ilimi 
Ya fara karatun firamare a makarantar St. Mary’s, Onitsha inda ya tashi a matsayin ɗan Katolika. Daga nan ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Wesley Boys Lagos, amma daga baya ya koma King's College Legas. Sai dai bai kammala karatunsa na sakandare a Legas ba domin a shekarar 1924 ya raka Cif Onyeama Onwusi na Eke a matsayin aminin sa a wata doguwar tafiya da ya yi a ƙasar Ingila. Ya koma Birtaniya a shekarar 1925 don yin karatu kuma a shekarar 1927 ya sami takardar shaidar kammala karatunsa a London. A wannan shekarar ya tafi Makarantar Kiwon Lafiya ta Jami'ar Edinburgh kuma ya sami digiri na MB da ChB a watan Yuli 1932, don haka ya zama likita na farko daga ƙabilar Igbo a Gabashin Najeriya. Ya kuma sami Diploma a fannin likitanci da tsafta daga Jami'ar Liverpool a shekarar 1932. Bayan haka ya tafi Asibitin Coombe a Jamhuriyar Ireland kuma ya sami Lasisi a Unguwar Uzoma.

 Sana'a 
Simon Onwu ya dawo Najeriya ne a shekarar 1933 kuma ya shiga aikin bautar mulkin mallaka a matsayin ƙaramin jami’in kiwon lafiya a Fatakwal inda ya shafe shekaru biyu masu zuwa. Komawarsa Gabashin Najeriya ya yi daidai da yadda al'amuran siyasa suka kunno kai a tsakanin 'yan ƙabilar Igbo a sabon yanayin da ƙasar ta shiga a cikin biranen Najeriyar da ta yi mulkin mallaka. An bayyana cewa a karon farko da ‘yan ƙabilar Igbo na Fatakwal suka gudanar da wani taro tare da wayar da kan al’ummarsu na harshe da al’adunsu shi ne bikin “barka da gida” da fitattun ‘yan kabilar Igbo a can suka yi wa Onwu. Nasarar liyafar da aka yi a Fatakwal ya taka rawa wajen yanke shawarar sauya kwamitin karbar zuwa kungiyar 'yan ƙabilar Igbo ta dindindin a Fatakwal. Dawowar tasa ta kuma zaburar da kafa kungiyoyin al’adu iri ɗaya a Legas da sauran sassan ƙasar nan. Ya yi aiki a matsayin jami'in kiwon lafiya a sassa daban-daban na Najeriya na tsawon shekaru 27 masu zuwa. A cikin shekarar 1948, ya koma Biritaniya don yin karatun digiri na biyu kuma a cikin 1950 ya zama babban jami'in kula da lafiya a Aba. Bayan shekaru biyu aka kara masa girma zuwa matakin mataimakin darakta na kula da lafiya a yankin Gabas. A cikin shekarar 1957, ya zama Darakta na Ma'aikatar Lafiya ta Afirka na farko a yankin Gabas, yana riƙe da muƙamin tare da babban sakatare a ma'aikatar lafiya har zuwa lokacin da ya yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati a shekarar 1963.

 Girmamawa da kyaututtuka 
A cikin shekarar 1953, Onwu ya sami lambar yabo ta Coronation kuma a cikin shekarar 1954 da 1956 Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta Burtaniya ta ƙirƙira shi Jami'in Order of the British Empire (OBE) da Memba na Royal Vatican Order bisa la'akari da gudummawar da nasarorin da ya samu. Domin sanin rayuwarsa ta ibada a matsayinsa na Katolika, Paparoma Paul VI ya ba shi lambar yabo ta Papal Order na Knight na Saint Sylvester. A cikin shekarar 1968 Vatican ta sake karrama shi ta hanyar sanya sunansa a cikin Littafin Daraja na Papal.

 Bayan Rayuwa da mutuwa 
A watan Yunin 1964 ne aka naɗa shi Shugaban Hukumar Gidajen Gabashin Najeriya, muƙamin da ya rikey har ya rasu. A shekara ta 1965, an zaɓe shi a matsayin mataimakin shugaban Afirka na farko na Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Gina ta Duniya. Ya ziyarci ƙasashen Amurka da USSR da Jamus da Indiya a ƙarƙashin hukumar lafiya ta duniya kuma ya wakilci Najeriya a tarukan duniya da dama. Ya kasance shugaban kungiyar agaji ta Red Cross, Gabashin Najeriya; Shugaban Cosmas da Damain; da Mataimakin-Mai Kula da Jama'a don Rigakafin Zaluntar Yara. A lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya, Dokta Onwu ya daɗe yana fama da rashin lafiya wanda ya sa ya tafi Landan neman lafiya. Ya mutu a Asibitin St Bart, London a ranar 4 ga watan Yuni 1969.

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