Clement Nyong Isong

Clement Nyong Isong CFR (((listenⓘ)); an haife shi a ranar 20 ga watan Afrilun shekarar 1920 -Ya mutu a ranar 29 Mayun shekarar 2000) ya kasance ɗan bankin Najeriya kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya kasance gwamnan Babban Bankin Najeriya daga Shekarar 1967 zuwa Shekarar 1975 a lokacin mulkin soja na Janar Yakubu Gowon .  Daga baya aka zaɓe shi gwamna na Jihar Cross River (1979-1983) a Jamhuriyar Najeriya ta Biyu.

 Tarihi 
An haifi Isong a ranar 20 ga Afrilun shekarar 1920 a Eket, Jihar Akwa Ibom . Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Jami'ar, Ibadan, Kwalejin Wesleyan ta Iowa, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, da kuma Makarantar Harkokin Kasuwanci da Kimiyya ta Harvard, inda ya sami Ph.D. a Tattalin Arziki. Ya koyar da tattalin arziki a Jami'ar Ibadan kafin ya shiga Babban Bankin Najeriya (CBN) a matsayin sakatare, daga baya ya zama darektan bincike. An tura shi ga Asusun Kuɗi na Duniya a matsayin mai ba da shawara a Ma'aikatar Afirka. 

 Gwamnan bankin tsakiya 
Yakubu Gowon ya naɗa Isong gwamna na CBN a watan Agustan shekara ta 1967, ofishin da ya rike har zuwa Watan Satumbae shekarar 1975.  Ya jagoranci CBN a lokacin Yaƙin basasar Najeriya (Yuli 1967 - Janairu 1970) da kuma lokacin bunƙasa mai na gaba. A lokacin mulkinsa Najeriya ta guji biyan bashin da ba za a iya jurewa ba. Isong ya koka cewa Najeriya tana tara ajiyar ƙasashen waje amma ba ta da "inda za ta saka hannun jari yadda ya kamata", kodayake akwai babbar dama don inganta ababen more rayuwa.Lokacin da Majalisar Dattijai ta Amurka ta kashe dokar taimakon ƙasashen waje a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1971, Isong ya ce dala miliyan 35 a cikin taimakon shekara-shekara ya ragu a cikin guga.

 Ayyukansa na baya 
Bayan ya yi ritaya daga CBN, Isong ya shiga siyasa kuma an zaɓe shi Gwamna farar hula na farko na Jihar Cross River daga Shekarar 1979 zuwa Shekarar 1983 a ƙarƙashin Jam'iyyar National Party of Nigeria (NPN).  A cikin shekara ta 1981 Isong dole ne ya magance rikicin kan iyaka da Kamaru wanda ya samo asali ne a yankin Ikang, ya ziyarci wurin matsala da kansa.

A shekara ta 1982, bayan da ya ba da gudummawa ga ci gaba da ci gaban Najeriya, an girmama Dokta Isong da girmamawar ƙasa ta Najeriya ta Kwamandan Tarayyar Najeriya (CFR).    Clement Isong ya yi adawa a zaɓen shekara ta 1983 da Shugaban Majalisar Dattijai Joseph Wayas, wanda shine shugaban jam'iyyar NPN "Lagos Group" da kuma Sanata Joseph Oqua Ansa wanda ya kasance sanata wanda ke wakiltar gundumar sanata ta Calabar sun goyi bayan Sanata Donald Etiebet a matsayin gwamna. Etiebet ta lashe zaɓen NPN da kuma zaɓen da ya biyo baya, ta hau mulki a watan Oktoba na shekara ta 1983, amma sakamakon ya kasance mai rikitarwa saboda sake dawo da gwamnatin soja bayan juyin mulkin da Manjo-Janar Muhammadu Buhari ya yi a watan Disamba na wannan shekarar.

Isong ya mutu a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun shekarar 2000. Hotonsa yana kan takardar 1,000 Naira da aka kawo a ranar 12 ga watan Oktoban shekarar 2005. 

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Gwamnonin jihar Cross River
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1920