Ganiyu Akanbi Bello

**Alhaji Ganiyu Akanbi Bello** (An haife shi 10 Yuni shekarar 1930 - ya mutu 5 Yunin shekarar 2014)  ya kuma kasance shahararren shugaban al’ummar Yarbawa kuma hamshakin attajiri. 

## Bayan Fage
Dokta Alhaji GA Bello, jakadan al’ummar Yarbawa ne a Kano, shi ne shugaba kuma babban jami’in kamfanin Criss Cross Ltd. An kuma fi saninsa da GA Bello.

An kuma haifi Bello a jihar Oyo, Najeriya a ranar 10 ga watan Yuni shekarar 1930 ga Abdullahi Yusuf da Sinota Bello, na biyu a cikin yara uku. Duk iyayen sun mutu tun yana karami kuma an aike shi ya zauna tare da kawunsa wanda ya ƙi tura shi makaranta. Ya kuma bar kawun nasa ya fara saran itace domin daukar nauyin kudin makaranta.

Bello ya auri Sakirat Ayoka Ogabi a kusan shekara ta 1959. Yaronsu na fari mai suna Tawakalitu Bello Sanusi, sai Moriliatu Bisola Bello Sanusi, Basira Biodun Bello Oyefeso, da wani ɗa Nurudeen Bello. Tsakanin 1966 da 1967, lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya, wanda aka fi sani da yakin Biyafara, Bello ya tura matarsa da ’ya’yansa zuwa Legas alhali yana Kano. Iyalinsa sun dawo ba da daɗewa ba don shiga tare da shi, kuma suna da ɗa na biyar, Shamsideen Bello. Childansa na shida, Fausat Bello, an haife shi a wajajen shekarar 1970 amma ya mutu da kyanda a lokacin yana jariri. Sun yi aure har mutuwarsa a shekarar 2014. A shekarar 2015, tun daga lokacin ta kasance a cikin mafakar siyasa bayan bayyanar Mohamadu Buhari a matsayin shugaban kasa na gaba.

A shekarar 1950, Bello ya shiga aikin ‘Yan Sandan Nijeriya a karkashin mulkin mallakar Turawan mulkin mallaka na Ingila. A lokacin yana jami’in ‘yan sanda, babban aminin sa shi ne Alhaji Ado Bayero, Shugaban rundunar‘ yan sandan Nijeriya wanda daga baya aka nada shi Sarkin Kano a shekarar 1963. Ya yi murabus a kusan she Kara ta shekarar 1958 kuma ya kafa kamfani wanda ke aiki a cikin Gine-gine da Injin Injiniya.

Kamfaninsa shi ne ya fara gina katafaren gini a Kano kan titin Odutola wanda ya kasance rukunin gidaje. Daga baya ya sayi gidansa na farko mai zaman kansa a kan titin Abedee Street Sabon Gari, Kano. Ya bude gidan mai na farko a Kano a shekarar 1968 kuma a bayanta ya bude wani kulob da aka sani da Criss Cross Club wanda ke sayar da abubuwan sha, kaza, da miyar barkono. Kamfaninsa sun gina otal na farko, Criss Cross Hotel, a cikin shekara ta 1971. Otal dinsa na biyu, wanda aka fi sani da Gab Hotel, an kuma gina shi ne a shekarar 1980.

'Ya'yan sa mata guda biyu, Tawakalitu da Moriliatu, sun yi aure a rana ɗaya a cikin shekarar 1988. Tawa ta auri Dr Lukman Sanusi yayin da Morili ya auri Kanar Olawale Sanusi mai ritaya. A shekarar 1989, karamar 'yarsa, Basira, ta auri Sakiru Olanipekun Oyefeso, wanda ya kafa kuma manajan darakta na Kamfanin Standard Trust Assurance Company. Babban dan sa, Nuru, ya auri Salawat Titilope.

Daga shekarar 1990 zuwa 2000, GA Bello shi ne Mataimakin Shugaban Kungiyar Man Fetur Mai Zaman Kanta (IPMAN) a Kungiyar Hadin Kan Man Fetur ta Najeriya (NNPC).

## Rayuwar mutum
Duk da cewa Bello ya yi karatun sakandare ne kawai, amma ya yi imani da shi sosai kuma kowanne daga cikin yaran sa ya yi karatun jami'a.

### Abubuwan sha'awa
A cikin shekarun 1970 Bello ya fi son yin wasan golf a filin wasan golf da ke gaban Daula Hotel tare da Murtala Mohammed Way. Ya kuma dauki nauyin Kungiyar Kwallon Kafa ta Black Scorpion a lokacin.

## Rayuwar kasuwanci
Bello ya kasance mai neman hadin kai a Kano. Ya karfafa wa gwamnati gwiwa don bunkasa hadin kai tsakanin kabilu daban-daban a jihar Kano. Ya kuma shawarci gwamnati da ta karfafawa ‘yan Nijeriya gwiwa su daina nuna kabilanci su zauna lafiya. Wannan ya karfafa Yarbawa su ci gaba da zama a Kano. A watan Janairun shekarar 2006, Bello ya kasance mai rikon sarautar Oba na kungiyar Yarbawa a Jihar Kano har tsawon kwanaki sittin. 

### Masallaci
Bello ya ba da gudummawa ga akidun Musulunci da dama a Kano ciki har da gina Masallatan Juma'a guda biyu da aka gina a Sabon Gari, wani yanki ne na ba-dan-yankin. An kuma gina masallaci na farko a wajajen shekarar 1982 a Nomans Land, Kano kuma Sarkin Kano, Alhaji Ado Bayero ne ya ba da shi. A farkon shekarar 2000, ya gina masallaci na biyu, Masallacin Ahammadiya da ke kan titin Emir, domin musulmin Ahmadiya.

### Sadaka
Alhaji Bello ya ba da gudummawar miliyoyin nairori don abubuwan da suka shafi sadaka, ciki har da Rotary International .  Ya kuma ba da gudummawa daidai gwargwado ga al'ummomi, Masallatai da Coci-coci. Wannan ya samar masa da jerin kyaututtuka na girmamawa.

## Titles / Awards
Bello ya rike mukaman sarauta da yawa kamar: Aarre Egbe Omo Balogun Maiyegun na Ibadanland, Babasaiye na Owu, Abeokuta na jihar Ogun, da Aarre Basorun Timi Agbale na Ede a jihar Osun . Hakanan an ba shi digirin digirgir na digirin digirgir a cikin Kasuwancin Kasuwanci daga Jami'ar Kenton. Ya taba karɓar lambar yabo ta Ambasada Yarbawa ga Arewa daga Babban Kwamitin ofan asalin Ibaban CCII a cikin Mapo Hall, Ibadan.

## Mutuwa
Wasu mahara da ba a san su ba sun kashe Bello wata guda kafin ranar haihuwarsa ta 84 a ranar 5 ga watan Yuni shekarar 2014 a Kano.  An binne shi a gidansa da ke Race Course Road. Mataimakin gwamnan jihar Kano, Dr Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, ya kai ziyarar ta'aziyya kabarin Bello a ranar 12 ga Yunin shekarar 2014.

Abubakar Abdurrahman Sadiq ya shiga hannun ‘yan sandan Nijeriya a watan Agustan shekarar 2014 kuma ya amsa laifin kisan. Sadiq ya shiga gidan Bello ne don satar kudi sannan ya daba masa wuka a lokacin da Bello ke kokarin hana shi. Sadiq ya taba yin aiki a daya daga cikin otal din Bello, amma an bar shi ya yi sata. 

## Manazarta