Josiah Sunday Olawoyin

Cif Josiah Sunday Olawoyin (5 ga Fabrairu 1925 - 10 ga Oktoba 2000) ɗan siyasa Najeriya ne, ɗan jarida kuma ɗan kasuwa wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Asiwaju na farko na Offa tsakanin 25 ga Afrilu 1982 zuwa 10 ga Oktoba 2000. A cikin babban zaben 1979 ya kasance dan takarar Gwamna na Jam'iyyar Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) don zaben gwamna na Jihar Kwara wanda aka ayyana Adamu Atta na Jam'idar Kasa ta Najeriya (NPN) a matsayin mai nasara.

 Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi 
An haifi Olawoyin a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu 1925 a Offa, yankin Offa na Jihar Kwara .Ya kasance ɗan kasuwa, ɗan jarida kuma ɗan siyasa.

 Ayyukan siyasa 
Olawoyin a baya ya yi aiki a matsayin wakilin yanki, memba na Majalisar Dokokin Yankin Arewa a Kaduna tsakanin 1956 da 1961.  Ya kasance shugaban adawa a Majalisar Dokokin Yankin Arewa a lokacin. A lokacin zaben gwamna na 1979, ya kasance dan takarar gwamna na jihar Kwara. Ya ba da shawarar haɗakar lardunan Ilorin da Kabba, yana ba da shawarar ƙirƙirar jihar tare da babban birninta a Ilorin. Wannan ra'ayin ya sami goyon baya daga marigayi AGF Abdul-Razaq, mahaifin gwamnan zartarwa na yanzu na Jihar Kwara, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq. An kafa Jihar Kwara a ranar 27 ga Mayu, 1967, a matsayin Jihar Yammacin Tsakiya a lokacin mulkin soja. A shekara ta 1979, Olawoyin ya kasance dan takarar gwamna na jam'iyyar Unity Party of Nigeria (UPN) a lokacin zaben gwamna, kuma ya sha kashi a hannun Adamu Atta na jam'ummar Najeriya (NPN).   A watan Satumbar 1962, an tuhumi Olawoyin tare da wasu 30 a kotu tare da shugaban Obafemi Awolowo don cin amana kuma an wanke su daga zargin cin amana a watan Nuwamba 1963.  

 Ranar haihuwar bayan mutuwarsa 
Iyalin J.S. Olawoyin sun yi bikin cika shekaru 100 da haihuwa a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 2025, ta hanyar ƙaddamar da tushe da littafi don girmama shi. Littafin, mai taken "J.S. Olawoyin: A Century of Legacy and Leadership," wani littafi ne tare da gabatarwar da Banji Ogundele ya rubuta da kuma bita na Dokta Lasisi Olagunju. Wannan taron ya jawo manyan mutane da yawa, ciki har da Sanata Yisa Oyelola Ashiru, mataimakin shugaban majalisar dattijai wanda ke wakiltar Kwara ta Kudu a Majalisar Dokokin Najeriya. Sanata Ashiru ya bayyana Cif Olawoyin a matsayin "mai haske a cikin tsarin siyasa na Offa da Arewacin Najeriya na lokacin". Farfesa Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) , mai haske na shari'a kuma shugaban taron kuma ya yi magana a taron. Ya yaba da aikin siyasa na Cif Olawoyin, yana lura da tasirinsa a mazabarsa da yankin da ya fi girma ya bayyana shi a matsayin daya daga cikin mutum mafi ban tsoro a sansanin adawa a lokacin rayuwarsa.

 Bayanan da aka ambata 

Rukuni:Yarbawa yan siyasa
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1925
Rukuni:Mutuwan 2000