Okoi Arikpo

Dr. **Okoi Arikpo** (An haife shi ranar 20 ga watan Satumba, 1916 - 26 ga watan Oktoba, 1995) ya kasance masanin kimiyyar sinadarai na Najeriya, masanin ilimin dan adam, lauya, dan siyasa kuma jami'in diflomasiyya. Ya rike mukamin ministan harkokin wajen Najeriya . 

## Rayuwa ta farko da aikin siyasa
An haifi okoi Arikpo a ugep shekarar 1916.Ya yi karatu a shahararriyar Cibiyar horar da Hope Waddell da ke Calabar. An ba shi digiri na farko a fannin Chemistry a Jami'ar Landan. Ya canza zuwa ilimin halin dan adam kuma ya sami digiri na uku a Jami'ar College, Landan. Daga baya ya karanci Law kuma aka kira shi zuwa mashaya turanci a 1956. Ya rubuta littafai da dama ciki har da classic The Development of Modern Nigeria (1967). An yi masa suna [wa?] a matsayin ɗan Afirka ta Yamma na farko da ya sami lambar yabo ta Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Anthropology.

Dokta Okoi Arikpo ya kasance Shugaban Kungiyar Dalibai naYammacin Afirka a Burtaniya a farkon shekarun 1940. Wannan kungiya ita ce wurin taro ga dalibai daga Yammacin Afirka waɗanda ke karatu a Burtaniya. WASU tana neman mambobin majalisar dokokin Burtaniya don jawo hankalinsu ga matsalolin siyasa da ke fuskantar mulkin mallaka na Afirka da shugabannin su a gida a kasashe daban-daban na Afirka. Kungiyar ta kasance cibiyar don galvanization don tallafawa wasu mutane masu tunani ga yanayin yankunan mulkin mallaka. WASU ita ce tushen ayyukan zamantakewa da siyasa na Dalibai da mutanen asalin Afirka ta Yamma a Ingila. Wasu daga cikin ayyukanta sun haɗa da yin kira ga membobin majalisar dokokin Burtaniya don jawo hankalinsu ga matsalolin siyasa da ke fuskantar mulkin mallaka na Afirka da shugabanninsu.

Dokta Okoi Arikpo shine Ministan Lands & Survey na farko a cikin Gwamnatin Najeriya wanda aka kafa bayan Kundin Tsarin Mulki na Macpherson ya fara aiki. Okoi Arikpo na ɗaya daga cikin 'yan majalisa huɗu da aka zaba a cikin Majalisar Dokokin Yankin Gabas waɗanda aka zaba don wakiltar Yankin Gabashin a cikin Majalisar Dattijai ta Tsakiya a Legas wanda aka gabatar bayan shigar da Tsarin Mulki na Macpherson. Okoi Arikpo ya kuma kasance Ministan majalisa a cikin Gwamnatin da Sir Abubukar TafawaBalewa ya kafa a shekarar 1957.

Okoi Arikpo ya kasance mai fafutuka. Ya kasance a kan gaba na kamfen don jawo hankalin Gwamnatin Koloni ga halin da 'yan tsiraru na Yankin Gabas da Arewa ke ciki. Ya yi murabus daga NCNC don nuna rashin amincewa da yadda aka bi da Shugaban Kasuwancin Gwamnati a Gwamnatin Gabashin Najeriya, marigayi Farfesa Eyo Ita, wanda jagorancin NCNC ya matsa masa ya sauka don Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe ya ɗauki matsayin da yake zaune bayan ya ɓace a cikin gwagwarmayar iko a Yammacin Najeriya inda mambobin wannan Jam'iyyar a Yamma suka fada cikin matsin lamba da aka ɗora musu kada ya ba da damar Dr. Azikiwe, shugaban Kasuwanci na Yammacin ya lashe zaben Yamma.

Bayan haka Dokta Okoi Arikpo ya haɗu da wasu masu fafutukar kare hakkin 'yan tsiraru don kafa Jam'iyyar Independence Party ta United Nigeria wacce daga baya ta haɗa kai da Action Group a matsayin 'yan adawa a Yankin Gabas. Ya kasance a kan gaba a gwagwarmayar neman cin gashin kai na kabilun da suka fi tsiraru a Gabas don ƙirƙirar Jihar Calabar / Ogoja / Rivers. Ya kasance Sakatare Janar na Jihar COR kuma Mai Shari'a Udo Udoma shine Shugaban kasa.

Okoi Arikpo na daga cikin mutanen da suka fito daga kabilun 'yan tsiraru waɗanda suka tsara kuma suka bayyana matsayin' yan tsiraru a cikin ƙasar kafin masu mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya da suka tashi suka kafa Hukumar Willink don bincika tsoron' yan tsirarun Neja Delta. Hukumar Willink ta kira hankali ga manyan haɗari a cikin Delta na Nijar.

Okoi Arikpo shine Babban Sakatare na farko na Hukumar Jami'o'i ta Kasa. Okoi Arikpo ita ce Ministan Harkokin Waje (Hakunan waje) mafi tsawo a 1967 - 1975. Shi ne mutumin da aka aika zuwa dukkan manyan biranen Yamma da Amurka don yin hukunci mai karfi dalilin da ya sa bai kamata a ba Najeriya damar zama Balkanized a lokacin kwanakin yakin basasa ba. Wannan ya faru ne bayan da gwamnatin rabuwa ta kaddamar da farfaganda mai karfi da ƙarfi a Babban Birnin Yamma da Amurka game da manufofin kisan kare dangi da aka yi wa mutanen Igbo na Najeriya wanda koyaushe ya juya sikelin a kan Najeriya. Okoi Arikpo, masanin kwakwalwa wanda ba shi da matsayi, ya yi amfani da basirarsa mai ban tsoro da basira don juyar da yanayin da aka yi wa Gwamnatin Biafra.

A nahiyar Afirka, kokarin Okoi Arikpo na tabbatar da cewa Biafra ba ta sami karin karbuwa ba bayan amincewar da Faransa, Cote de Voire, Tanzania da Gabon suka ba ta ya zama abin yabo. Wani mai sharhi ya lura haka

"A halin yanzu, taron Majalisar Ministocin OAU a Kinshasa ya fara ne a ranar 4 ga Satumba kuma ya kasance har zuwa 11 ga Satumba, 1967. Taron Majalisar yana shirya ajanda don taron shugabannin jihohi. Okoi Arikpo, Ministan Harkokin Waje na Gowon yana da ɗan gajeren lokaci amma mai ƙarfi don taron shirye-shirye: 'A kowane yanayi ba da damar rikicin Najeriya ya bayyana a kan ajanda don Taron OAU. ' Don tallafawa aikinsa, Arikpo zai ambaci Mataki na II (2) na Yarjejeniyar OAU, wanda ya bayyana cewa jihohin membobin ba za su tsoma baki cikin harkokin cikin gida na wasu membobin ba sai dai idan an gayyace su yi hakan. Ya kuma nace cewa Najeriya ba ta da sha'awar gayyatar matsakanci na ɓangare na uku. Gowon ya kuma umarci Arikpo da ya shirya fita daga taron idan lamarin, ta kowace hanya, ya bayyana a kan ajanda ko kuma a ambaci shi a lokacin taron. "

"Babban rawar da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje ta iya takawa a cikin tsarin yanke shawara na manufofin kasashen waje ya kasance saboda irin jagorancin da Kwamishinan Harkokin Wajen ya iya samarwa. Dokta Okoi Arikpo, wanda ya kasance Kwamishinan, dan siyasa ne mai daraja kuma mai gudanarwa ne mai iyawa. Jagorancinsa mai ɗorewa da ƙwarewa ya sami girmamawa da goyon baya daga jami'an diflomasiyya waɗanda suka mamaye Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje. Har ila yau, ikon Arikpo na yin aiki yadda ya kamata tare da jami'an diflomasiyya na aiki ya inganta ta hanyar kula da manufofin kasashen waje da matsakaici da jami'ar diflomasiyyar ke da su. Hanyar da ta dace da Arikpo da Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje da ya jagoranci sun gudanar da alakar Najeriya ta kasa da kasa a lokacin yakin basasa da kuma lokacin bayan yakin ya nuna cewa Gwamnatin Gowon ta yi daidai wajen ba da damar Ma'aikalin ta sami matsayi a cikin tsarin yanke shawara na kasashen waje. A lokacin yakin basasa, Ma'aikatar ta sami damar taimakawa Najeriya don bunkasa sabbin dangantaka masu mahimmanci tare da Gabashin Turai (Manyan makamai daga Tarayyar Soviet da sauran kasashen Gabashin Turai) suna da matukar muhimmanci wajen taimakawa Sojojin Najeriya su kashe rabuwa da Biafra) yayin da har yanzu suna riƙe da isasshen dangantaka da ƙasashen abokantaka na gargajiya na Yamma. "

## Littattafan da aka zaɓa

* Arikpo, Okoi (1967). Ci gaban Najeriya ta zamani. Littattafan Penguin
* Arikpo, Okoi. 1958. Wanene 'yan Najeriya? Karatun Lugard. Ma'aikatar Bayanai ta Tarayya

## Manazarta

## Haɗin waje

* Magana ga "mutumin Dr. Okoi Arikpo"