Nathan Quao

**Nathan Anang Quao**, MV, OSG (21 Nuwamba 1915 - 15 Fabrairu 2005) ɗan ƙasar Ghana ne kuma masanin ilimi wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakatare (Minister) a Sakatariyar PNDC daga 1984 zuwa 1993 kuma mataimaki na musamman ga Shugaba Jerry Rawlings daga 1993 zuwa 2001.   Ma'aikacin diflomasiyya kuma shugaban ma'aikacin gwamnati, ya yi ritaya a matsayin babban ma'aikacin gwamnati.    Quao shi ne ya kafa shugaban makarantar Sakandaren Keta a 1953 kuma an naɗa shi shugaban farko na Majalisar Sabis na Ilimi ta Ghana a 1974.

## Rayuwa ta farko da ilimi
An haifi Quao a Adawso a Gabas a ranar 21 ga Nuwamban shekarar 1915 inda mahaifinsa Daniel James Quao na La ya kasance a matsayin babban mai sayar da kayayyaki .    Mahaifiyarsa ita ce Dinah Naa Densua Addy of Ga-Mashie .  Kakansa na uwa, Nii Ngleshie Addy I ya kasance daga zuriyar sarauta kuma babban ɗan Nii Tetteh Tsuru I, wanda ya kafa kuma mai mulkin Otuopai Clan a Ga Mashie . Ya kasance memba na Ga mutanen Accra. 

Bayan karatunsa na firamare a makarantun Presbyterian, ya sami karatun sakandare a Kwalejin Accra daga 1932 zuwa 1935. Bayan haka, ya yi karatu don digiri na farko na Arts daga Jami'ar London a matsayin dalibi na waje. Daga baya ya sami takardar shaidar digiri na biyu a fannin Ilimi (PGCE) a Kwalejin Jami'ar Gold Coast, sannan kwalejin Jami'an London.

## Ayyuka

Nathan Quao ya fara aiki ne a koyarwa. Ya koyar a Kwalejin Accra tun daga 1936 kuma shi ne shugaban farko na Makarantar Sakandare ta Keta daga 1953 zuwa 1956.  Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mukaddashin shugaban Kwalejin Horar da Winneba .   Bugu da ƙari, ya koyar a Sashen Horar da Malamai na Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kumasi a 1957 da kuma a baya, a Sashen Ƙarin Mural na Kwaleji ta Jami'ar Gold Coast daga 1950 zuwa 1951. 

Quao ya shiga aikin kasashen waje na ma'aikatan gwamnati na Ghana a shekarar 1959, ya zama jami'in diflomasiyya da ma'aikacin gwamnati a Belgrade, Ottawa da Paris kuma a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga Ofishin Jakadancin Ghana na Dindindin a Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Birnin New York. Daga baya, an nada shi Babban Sakatare a Ma'aikatar Harkokin Waje a shekarar 1966.

Bayan da aka hambarar da Nkrumah, rundunar soji ta tura shi zuwa Ofishin Majalisar 'Yancin Kasa (NLC) inda ya kasance Mataimakin Sakatare na gwamnatin NLC kafin a nada shi Sakatare ga Majalisar Zartarwa. Majalisar zartarwa ta tsaya a matsayin ikon zartarwa har zuwa zaben Firayim Minista a Jamhuriyar Biyu.

A cikin Jamhuriyar Biyu, ya rike mukamin Sakatare na Hukumar Shugaban kasa a shekarar 1969 da Sakatare ga Majalisar Jiha a shekarar 1970 sannan kuma Sakatare wa Shugaban kasa bayan Edward Akufo-Addo ya karbi mukamin shugaban kasa. 

A karkashin jagorancin Ignatius Kutu Acheampong, Nathan Quao ya yi aiki a matsayin Sakatare na Majalisar Ceto ta Kasa (NRC) da kuma Shugaban Ma'aikatan Jama'a, ya yi ritaya a 1973. 

A shekara ta 1974, an nada Quao a matsayin Shugaban Majalisar Koyarwa ta Ghana kuma memba na Kwamitin Manpower .  A shekara ta 1978, an sanya shi shugaban kwamitin ma'aikatar ilimi ta Ghana. A shekara ta 1980, ya zama memba na Majalisar Jami'ar Cape Coast . 

Duk da haka an cire shi daga ritaya a 1985 kuma an nada shi Sakatare a Sakatariyar PNDC .  Bayan ya dawo mulkin farar hula a shekarar 1992, ya zama Mataimakin Na Musamman ga Jerry John Rawlings daga 1993 zuwa 2001.

Quao ya kasance shugaban kwamitin Bankin Ci gaban Aikin Gona daga 1990 zuwa 2002 . 

## Rayuwa da iyali
Ya auri Dora Tawia Quao (née Mettle) tare da 'ya'ya biyu. Bugu da kari, dan uwan Quao shi ne lauyan Ghana da alƙali, Nii Amaa Ollennu wanda aka zaba a matsayin Kakakin Majalisar Ghana a lokacin Jamhuriyar Biyu tare da aiki a matsayin Shugaban Hukumar Shugaban kasa da kuma mukaddashin Shugaban Ghana daga 7 ga Agusta 1970 zuwa 31 ga Agusta 1970.  Quao ya kasance kawun masanin tattalin arziki da diflomasiyya na Ghana, Amon Nikoi, wanda ya kasance Gwamnan Bankin Ghana daga 1973 zuwa 1977 kuma ministan kudi daga 1979 zuwa 1981.    Surukinsa, Rev. Carl Henry Clerk (1895-1982) malamin noma ne kuma Ministan Presbyterian wanda aka zaba a matsayin Sakataren Synod na huɗu na Cocin Presbyterian na Gold Coast daga 1950 zuwa 1954.   Clerk ya kuma kasance Edita na Manzo na Kirista, jaridar Cocin Presbyterian na Ghana daga 1960 zuwa 1963. 'Ya'yan Carl Clerk sune malaman, Nicholas T. Clerk da George C. Clerc.  

## Mutuwa da jana'izar jihar
Nathan Quao ya mutu a Accra a ranar 15 ga Fabrairu 2005 saboda dalilai na halitta . An yi jana’izar sa a ranar Juma’a 8 ga watan Afrilun 2005 a farfajiyar *gidan gwamnati* sannan kuma gwamnatin Ghana ta binne shi a makabartar jama’a ta La a matsayin wata alama da jihar ke nuna jin dadinsa ga wannan hidimar da ya yi wa kasa.  

## Kyauta da girmamawa
Ya kasance mai karɓar Order of the Volta (Civil Division) a 1975 da kuma Jami'in Order of the Star of Ghana (Cival Division) a 1997 . 

Don nuna godiya ga hidimar da ya yi wa ma'aikatan gwamnati na Ghana, kungiyar ma'aikatan ma'aikata da karamar hukuma (CLOGSAG) ta sake ba da sunan ɗakin taron a cikin ƙwaƙwalwarsa. Bugu da kari, kungiyar ta yi tarin littattafai na rubuce-rubucen Quao da abubuwan tunawa don adana gadonsa. Bugu da ƙari, Ma'aikatar Karamar Hukumar Ghana ta kafa "Shirin Kyaututtuka na Shekara-shekara a matsayin wani ɓangare na Ranar Ayyukan Jama'a ta Majalisar Dinkin Duniya / Tarayyar Afirka da Gwamnatin Ghana za ta tallafawa don girmama shi. "  Gwamnatin Ghana ta kafa kyautar "Nathan Quao don Kyautattun Ma'aikatan Gwamnati waɗanda suka nuna sadaukarwa ta musamman ga hidimar jama'a, mutunci da kuma kyakkyawan aiki. 

Gidan kwana na yara maza a Makarantar Sakandare ta Keta, an sanya masa suna Quao House don girmama shi a matsayin shugaban makarantar da ya kafa. 

An sanya masa suna Nathan Quao Street a yankin Accra, Kaneshie.

A cikin 2018, Ƙungiyar Ma'aikatan Gwamnati da Ƙananan Hukumomi, Ghana (CLOGSAG) ta kafa laccoci na shekara-shekara na Nathan Anang Quao "ba kawai don murnar Mista NA Quao fitaccen ma'aikacin gwamnati ba har ma don ci gaba da jaddada muhimmancin bukatar ma'aikatan gwamnati da na gida don nuna ƙwarewa kuma kasancewa marasa jam'iyya a cikin aikin da hidima ga ƙasar".

## Manazarta