Taiwo Akerele

**Taiwo Francis Akerele**, (an haife shi a ranar 30 ga watan Maris, 1976),  masanin tattalin arzikin Najeriya ne, marubuci  kuma ɗan siyasa, wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban ma'aikata, gwamnatin jihar Edo a Najeriya daga shekara ta 2016,  a cikin Gwamna. Godwin Obaseki ya jagoranci gwamnatin har sai da ya yi murabus a ranar 25 ga watan Afrilu, 2020. 

## Ilimi da aiki
Akerele yayi karatu a Jami'ar Harvard, Jami'ar Carleton, Jami'ar Stellenbosch, Cibiyar Bankin Duniya, Jami'ar Ibadan, da Jami'ar Benin kuma ya kasance memba a Cibiyar Dabaru a Jagoranci, Makarantar Kasuwancin Legas.  Kafin a nada shi a matsayin shugaban ma'aikatan jihar Edo, Akerele ya kasance wakilin kungiyar Dabaru a bankin United Bank for Africa. Ya kuma yi aiki a bankin Monument na First City, da kuma tsohon bankin Fidelity Union Merchant Bank, inda ya yi aiki a tsarin aikin bautar kasa na tilas. 

Kafin nadin nasa a siyasance, Akerele ya kasance babban jami’in kula da harkokin kudi na bankin duniya da kuma shirin samar da aikin yi ga matasa na jihar Edo, inda ya kaddamar da shirye-shirye na gyara kasafin kudi, da kuma kafa dokokin kula da harkokin kudi da na tantancewa ga gwamnatin jihar.  Akerele kuma shi ne wakilin kasa na Policy House International sannan kuma shi ne shugaban FCT na kungiyar marubuta ta Najeriya. 

A watan Yunin 2022, an nada Akerele a matsayin mai ba da shawara na fasaha ga mai ba da shawara kan ayyuka na kasa na shirin NGCares, aikin da Bankin Duniya ke taimakawa a Najeriya. 

## Siyasa
A shekarar 2017, Akerele ya yi tir da yadda ake musgunawa 'yan Najeriya 'yan asalin Edo a kasar Libya, sannan ya sanar da shirin gwamnatin jihar Edo na tabbatar da dawowar su lafiya, da sake hadewa da kuma tsarin karfafa tattalin arzikin da jihar ke daukar nauyinta wanda zai inganta rayuwar wadanda suka dawo. 

A ranar 25 ga watan Afrilu, 2020, Akerele ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na shugaban ma’aikata na jihar Edo, saboda rade-radin cewa yana da sabani da Godwin Obaseki ko kuma yana shirin sauya jam’iyyun siyasa.  Sai dai Akerele ya ce ya yanke shawarar ne a kan "bangaren mulki da shugabanci". Ya kuma bayyana goyon bayan sa ga Gwamna Godwin Obaseki, tare da nuna jin dadinsa da damar da ya samu na yin aiki a gwamnatin jihar Edo. 

Bayan murabus din Akerele a matsayin shugaban ma’aikata, jami’an hukumar tsaron farin kaya ta Najeriya, wadda aka fi sani da Department of State Security, suka mamaye gidansa na kashin kansa, inda aka ce sun tafi da wasu fayil da takardu. 

A taron tunawa da ranar yara ta 2021, wanda a Najeriya ke bikin ranar 27 ga watan Mayu, Akerele ya yi gargadin cewa rufe makarantu a arewacin Najeriya, domin magance matsalolin tsaro da ke kara ta'azzara, zai kara yawan yaran da ba sa zuwa makaranta daga halin yanzu. Yara miliyan 10.5 za su kai miliyan 15 nan da karshen shekarar 2021 "idan ba a magance matsalolin tsaro a sassan Arewa ba, da kuma al'adar rufe makarantu." 

A watan Yulin 2021, Akerele ya ba da misali da tattara kudaden shiga na "rauni" a matsayin daya daga cikin kalubalen da Najeriya ke fuskanta, duk da cewa basusukan da ake bin kasar na dawwama.  Kafin wannan lokacin, Akerele ya bukaci gwamnatin Najeriya da ta goyi bayan rancen kamfanoni masu zaman kansu daga abokan ci gaba, a matsayin mafita ga hanzarta ci gaban ababen more rayuwa. 

Akerele, yayin da yake mayar da martani kan sabbin abubuwan da ke faruwa a siyasar jihar Edo, ya gargadi jam’iyyar APC mai mulki a Najeriya da ta bi hanyoyin da kundin tsarin mulki ya gindaya, domin hana shigar da ‘yan takara a tunkarar babban zabe na 2023. 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Akerele is an indigene of Igarra, a cikin Akoko-Edo, Edo State, Nigeria.  Yana auren Onayimi Akerele, yana da ‘ya’ya hudu.  

## Kyaututtuka da karramawa
An karrama Akerele ne saboda gudunmawar da ya bayar wajen bunkasa jarin dan Adam a Najeriya a wajen bikin karramawa na Focus Africa Awards & Expo. 

A cikin shekarar 2019, an ba wa Akerele lambar yabo ta hanyar sadarwa ta Afirka don Muhalli da Adalci na Tattalin Arziki  don "zama Budaddiyar Hulɗar Gwamnati (OGP)" a Jihar Edo 

A shekarar 2017, Akerele wanda a lokacin shi ne shugaban ma’aikatan jihar Edo, an karrama shi da sunan “Omokhafe” (“child is home”) a garin Somorika, al’ummar garinsu Akoko Edo . Wannan karramawa da HRH Oba Sule Idaiye ya yi, ta kasance ne don karramawa da kokarin ci gaban al’ummar Akerele na goyon bayan Akoko Edo. 

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