Shafi Edu

Cif **Shafi Lawal Edu** (1911–2002), wanda aka fi sani da **SL Edu**, ya kasance shahararren dan kasuwar nan na Najeriya kuma mai kula da kiyaye muhalli daga Epe, Jihar Legas. Ya kuma kasance wanda ya kafa Asusun Kula da 'Yan Najeriya, wata kungiya mai zaman kanta ta Najeriya da ke cikin ayyukan kiyayewa kuma ya kasance tsohon memba na majalisar World Wildlife Fund.

## Rayuwa
An haifi Edu a Epe ya fito daga dangin Lawani Edu; mahaifiyarsa ita ce Raliatu wacce diyar malamin addinin Musulunci ce. Karatun sa ya fara ne da halartar makarantun Alqur'ani kafin ya shiga makarantar firamare ta Gwamnati ta musulmai, Epe. Ya gama karatunsa a 1927 kuma daga nan, ya koyar a makarantar almajiransa.

### Ayyuka
Edu ya bar koyarwa a cikin shekarar 1930 kuma ya fara aiki a matsayin magatakarda tare da Kamfanin Africa Oil and Nuts Company, wani kamfani wanda ke da ƙawancen kasuwanci tare da Holland West Africa kuma yana da hannu a siyan dabino a Epe. A cikin 1933, an tura shi zuwa Apapa a matsayin sakataren jigilar kaya tare da Holland West Africa. Zuwa shekarar 1945, ya hau zuwa matakin manajan. A matsayin manajan, ya shirya Dutch shipping line ta ofisoshin a kasar da kuma taimaka a fadada kasuwanci da sauran jihar bakin teku garuruwa. Ganin cewa akwai damar da ba za a iya biya ba a cikin masana'antar jigilar jiragen ruwa ta Najeriya, sai ya bar Holland na Afirka ta Yamma ya kafa kamfaninsa. Amfani da gogewarsa ta farko a cikin masana'antar jigilar kaya, ya sami kanshi a cikin sarrafa jirgin da kuma kula da shi. Daga baya ya fadada kamfani zuwa katako da sauran kayan masarufi. A lokacin yakin bayan, ya kasance dan kwangilar abinci ga masu zaman kansu, gwamnati da hukumomin Turai. Ya kuma shiga kasuwancin dillalan mai yana aiki a matsayin dan kwangila na kamfanin Man Fetur na Burtaniya, Edu ya kasance shugaban Kamfanin Man Fetur na Burtaniya, Najeriya lokacin da kamfanin ya zama kasa kuma gwamnatin Obasanjo ta sauya sunansa zuwa African Petroleum. Tare da haɗin gwiwar TA Braithwaite da Munich Re-Insurance, ya kafa kamfanin inshora, African Alliance.

A cikin shekarun 1950, Edu ya kasance memba na Chamberungiyar Kasuwancin Legas da ke da rinjaye, a matsayin memba, ya zama masani da kamfanin lauyoyi na Irving da Borner wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin kamfanin ba da shawara ga kamfanonin ƙasashen waje da ke neman dama a cikin ƙasar. Ta hanyar Irving da Borner, ya sami kujerun kujera tare da Blackwood Hodge Nigeria, bututun mai da kamfanin lantarki, Haden Nigeria da Glaxo Nigeria. Ya kuma kasance mamba a Hukumar Ba da Lamunin Masana'antu ta Tarayya daga 1954 zuwa 1959. A shekarar 1963, aka zabe shi a matsayin shugaban kungiyar 'yan kasuwa ta Legas.

### Harkar siyasa
A lokacin kafin samun yancin kai, Edu ya kasance mai tausayawa ga Matasan Najeriya a matsayin mai goyon bayan Jubril Martin, daya daga cikin ‘yan takarar jam’iyyar a zaben 1943. An zabe shi a Majalisar Yamma a 1951 sannan daga baya aka zabe shi ya wakilci Epe a Majalisar Wakilai ta Tarayya.

A matsayin sa na fitaccen dan Legas, ya kwashe wasu shekaru a matsayin kwamishinan lafiya a Legas. Bayan murabus dinsa, ya mai da hankalinsa kan kamfanoni daban-daban. Ya kafa gidauniyar kiyaye muhalli ta Najeriya a shekarar 1980. Daya daga cikin yayansa, Yomi Edu, an nada shi Ministan Ayyuka na Musamman, wanda Olusegun Obasanjo ya nada.

## Kara karantawa

* Siyan Oyeweso. (1996). Tafiya daga Epe: tarihin rayuwar SL Edu. Mawallafin Littattafan Afirka ta Yamma

## Manazarta

* Tom Forest, Ci gaban Babban Birnin Afirka: Ci gaban Kasuwancin Kamfanoni na Nijeriya, Jami'ar Virginia Press (Agusta 1994).ISBN 0-8139-1562-7