Sam Mbakwe

Samuel "Sam" Onunaka Mbakwe (An haife shi a shekarar 1929  - ya mutu a ranar 5 Ga watan Janairun shekarar 2004)  wanda aka fi sani da Dee Sam,  ya kasance ɗan siyasan Ibo kuma gwamna dimokuradiyya na farko na Jihar Imo, kudu maso gabashin Najeriya, daga ranar 1 ga watan Oktoban shekarar 1979  har zuwa Ranar 31 ga watan Disambar shekara ta 1983. 

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
Mbakwe ya fara karatunsa a Cikin shekarar 1937 a makarantar firamare ta St Peter, Umulogho . Mutanen zamaninsa sun haɗa da da Reverend Canon Jeremiah Anyanwu, firist na farko na Anglican a tsohuwar ƙaramar hukumar Etiti ta Jihar Imo, wanda aka haife shi a kusan lokaci guda tare da shi a Avutu. Ya yi karatu a Kwalejin Horar da Malamai, Oleh, Isoko, daga Shekarar 1946 zuwa Shekara ta 1947, kuma a Kwaleji ta Fourah Bay a Saliyo a shekarar 1952.  Ya ci gaba da zuwa Jami'ar Manchester (1953-56), Jami'ar Hull (1956-58), kuma a ƙarshe makarantar da Inns of Court ke gudanarwa (1958-59), duk a Ingila, kafin ya koma Najeriya don yin aiki a matsayin lauya a Port Harcourt, Yankin Gabas.  Mbakwe ya yi aiki a matsayin mai gudanarwa na lardin Okigwe a Jamhuriyar Biafra,  wata jiha mai rabuwa da Igbo a kudu maso gabashin Najeriya, a lokacin Yaƙin basasa na Shekarar 1967-70 .

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Mbakwe ya shiga Majalisar Dokoki a Shekara ta 1978 kuma ya zama gwamna a ranar 1 ga Oktoba na shekara mai zuwa. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan abubuwan da suka fi muhimmanci a gwamnatinsa shine inganta hanyoyin Jihar Imo. An sake zaɓarsa, amma juyin mulkin soja na Janar Muhammadu Buhari na Ranar 31 ga Watan  Disambar shekarar 1983, wanda ya kawo ƙarshen Jamhuriyar Na Biyu ya katse wa'adinsa na biyu. An bayyana shi a matsayin "mai rikitarwa,"  ya ce waɗannan game da ƴan siyasa a watan Satumbar Shekarar 1995: "Idan ba ku kasance a kurkuku ba, wannan zai zama baftismarku da cancanta. Za ku koyi daga filin kurkuku cewa ba duk wadanda ke cikin tsare-tsare masu laifi ba ne. "

Mbakwe ya sami laƙabi "gwamnan mai kuka"  don yin kuka yayin ƙoƙarin shawo kan gwamnatin tarayya ta mai da hankali ga jiharsa; lokaci na farko da ya shahara hawaye shi ne ambaliyar Ndiegoro a Aba, wanda a lokacin wani ɓangare ne na Jihar Imo.  Ya gayyaci Shugaba Shehu Shagari don ya shaida lalacewar da ambaliyar ta yi, kuma an ce ya zubar da hawaye yayin da yake jagorantar shugaban a kusa da yankin bala'in. 

A cikin Shekara ta 1981, Filin jirgin saman Sam Mbakwe International Cargo, wanda yanzu ake kira da sunansa, gwamnatinsa ne ya ba da izini bayan an gina shi ta hanyar gudummawar ƴan ƙasa. A cikin shekara ta 1981, Sam Mbakwe ya kafa Jami'ar Jihar Imo. Kwalejin ta kasance a cikin yankin da aka ba da shi ga Jihar Abia a Shekara ta 1991 kuma an sake kiranta Jami'ar Jihar Abya. Koyaya, Jami'ar Jihar Imo ta sami sabon harabar a Owerri kuma har yanzu tana nan.

 Kyauta 
Ana tunawa da Mbakwe saboda kishin ƙasa da kuma gudummawa ga ci gaban zamantakewa da tattalin arziki na jihar. Wasu daga cikin ayyukan da aka rubuta a ƙarƙashin kulawarsa sune Jami'ar Jihar Imo (IMSU), Owerri, da Filin jirgin saman Sam Mbakwe, Owerri . An kuma yi manyan Ƙoƙari a masana'antu, ci gaban hanya, da samar da ruwan sha. Tsofaffin tsararraki na 'yan asalin jihar galibi suna nuna takaici game da aikin gwamnonin jihar na baya idan aka kwatanta da Mbakwe. A cikin yanayin rashin kulawa da rashin tsaro da sauran ƙalubale da yawa suna kallon lokacin da gwamnan su ya yi aiki tuƙuru don jawo hankalin ci gaba ga jihar. 

 Mutuwa 
A ranar 6 ga watan Janairun shekara ta 2004, Mbakwe ya mutu a gidansa da ke Avutu . 

 Manazarta 

 Haɗin waje 


Rukuni:Gwamnonin jihar Imo
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1929