S. A. Ajayi

Shugaban **S.&nbsp;A. Ajayi** // ⓘ OFR (2 Disamba 1910&nbsp;– 11 ga Mayu 1994) ɗan Najeriya ne wanda ya taka rawar gani a tattaunawar da ta kai ga samun ‘yancin kai. Ya kasance ɗan siyasa na farko a yankin Okun a tsohuwar lardin Kabba (a halin yanzu jihar Kogi), wanda ya wakilci jama'ar yankin Kabba a majalisar dokokin yankin Arewa. Cif Ajayi ya kasance mai kishin tarbiyyar al’ummarsa saboda haka, ya taka rawar gani wajen kafa Kwalejin Koyon Aikin Gona ta Kabba, Division of Agricultural Colleges, Jami’ar Arewacin Najeriya (Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello a yanzu), da kafuwar Kwalejin Malamai ta Kabba yanzu Kwalejin ’Yan Mata ta Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Kabba amma saboda kokarin da Cif Ajayi ya yi na tarihi, Gwamnatin Jihar Arewa ta yi wa makarantar Kabba Malaman Kano baya, ta yi yaki da wannan makaranta ta Kano. Kabba division. Ƙirƙirar sashen Ijumu a matsayin hedkwatar gudanarwa (yanzu, Ijumu, ƙaramar hukumar, jihar Kogi ). Ya kasance mai tsananin sha'awar sarki Ajayi, matakin da ya fara tun daga 1960, ya kasa cimma hakan a lokacin da yake cikin Gwamnati saboda rashin tausayin juyin mulkin da aka yi a shekarar 1966, Cif Ajayi ya bi wannan hangen nesa tare da 'ya'yan Ijumu masu kishi har zuwa lokacin da aka kafa ƙaramar hukuma.   

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Ajayi a ranar 2 ga watan Disamba 1910 a Lardin Kabba, a Arewacin Nigeria Protectorate, Ogidi, Ijumu, Jihar Kogi, Nigeria. A cikin shekarar 1925, Ajayi ya shiga makarantar Ovim Central, Okigwe Division na tsohuwar yankin Gabas, don karatun firamare. Daga shekarun 1930 zuwa 1936, ya halarci makarantar Etinan,  Akwa Ibom da Makarantar Grammar Ibadan, don karatun sakandare. Daga nan sai ya tafi makarantar malamai ta CMS da ke Coal Camp, Enugu don ƙara ilimi da karatu ya zama malami. Bayan kammala karatunsa, ya koma Enugu, inda ya koyar a Makarantar Cocin Christ Church, Enugu, sannan ya yi koyarwa a St. David’s Kudeti, High School, Ibadan, kafin ya dawo gida a shekarar 1939 ya shiga Sashen Ayyukan Jama’a a matsayin ma’aikacin gwamnati. Ya fara aiki a matsayin Infeto na PWD a hukumar ta Kabba, ya kuma zama mai kula da ayyuka a shekarar 1953, bayan an yi masa canjin sheka zuwa wajen lardinsa. Ya yi ritaya daga aikin gwamnati a shekarar 1954.  

## Aikin siyasa
A shekarar 1954 Ajayi ya koma lardin Kabba inda ya shiga jam'iyyar 'yan arewa, inda daga bisani ya zama mataimakin shugaban jam'iyyar a lardin Kabba. A shekarar 1955 aka zaɓe shi kansila a gwamnatin jihar Kabba sannan bayan shekara ɗaya ya samu zama ɗan majalisar dokokin Arewa, sannan ya zama ɗan majalisar zartarwa na yankin a matsayin karamin ministan kula da gandun daji. An naɗa shi mukaddashin ministan ilimi a shekarar 1963, in babu Isa Kaita, an kuma nada shi ministan harkokin kanyanan hukumomi a lokacin da yake majalisar dokokin Arewa, ya zama sakataren majalisar firimiyan Arewacin Najeriya, Ahmadu Bello daga shekarun 1957 zuwa 1960. Ya na daga cikin wakilan da suka tattauna kan ‘yancin Najeriya a taron Lancaster House da aka yi a Landan kuma ya jagoranci tawagar Arewacin Najeriya zuwa Landan don tattaunawa da kaddamar da VC-10 Nigeria Airways. Ya kasance memba a Najeriya Tattalin Arziki zuwa Yammacin Jamus kuma ya kasance minista har zuwa lokacin da sojoji suka hambarar da gwamnatinsu a ranar 15 ga watan Janairu, 1966 . A zamanin gwamnatin Shehu Shagari an naɗa shi a matsayin shugaban hukumar inshorar inshora ta ƙasa   ta farko.     

## Girmamawa
A cikin 1965, shugaban Najeriya, Nnamdi Azikiwe, ya ba shi muƙamin jami'in oda na Tarayyar Tarayya, (OFR). An naɗa shi a matsayin **Oluwole** na Ijumuland, da kuma **Balogun** da **Bajito** na Ogidi-Ijumu. An karrama shi ne da Shugaban Kungiyar Cigaban Ƙasa ta Ogidi, Shugaban Kungiyar Cigaban Cigaban Ijumu da Mataimakin Shugaban Ƙasa, Kungiyar Ɗalibai ta Ijumu, lambar yabo ga mazan Ogidi-Ijumu tare da gagarumin nasarori.  

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Ajayi ya auri mata da yawa ya kuma haifi ‘ya’ya da dama. Ya kasance Kirista ne kuma aka sake haihuwa kuma an karrama shi da **Baba Egbe Akorin** da **Baba Ijo** a cocin St John's Anglican Church Ogidi, Ijumu.  

## Mutuwa da martaba
Ya rasu ne a ranar 11 ga watan Mayun 1994 a Kabba, jihar Kogi kuma an binne shi a cocin St John's Anglican Church, Ogidi, Ijumu, jihar Kogi, cocin da ya gina. 

An kafa gidauniyar S. A Ajayi ne a ci gaba da raya akidarsa ta bayar da tallafin karatu ga daliban da suka cancanta. Tun daga shekarar 1970 ya ke bayar da tallafin karatu ga dalibai tun daga matakin firamare har zuwa jami’a kuma an ba da daruruwan ɗalibai. 

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