Michael Ibru

**Michael Onajirevbe Ibru** (25 Disamba 1930  - 6 Satumba 2016) ɗan Najeriya majagaba ne mai masana'antu kuma wanda ya kafa kungiyar Ibru .   A matsayinsa na basaraken gargajiya na ƙasarsa, Ibru ya haifi **Olorogun** na ƙabila kuma yakan yi amfani da shi azaman salon riga-kafi. Wannan laƙabi ma danginsa masu yawa ne suke ɗaukarsa haka. 

## Rayuwar farko da aiki
An haifi Ibru ga dangin Janet Ibru da kuma Peter Ibru, ma'aikacin mishan wanda kuma ya yi aiki a Asibitin Orthopedic na Igbobi, Legas .  Mahaifinsa ya ba da horo da ginshiƙi na yunƙurinsa na samun nasara mara misaltuwa, amma kuma ko shakka babu ƙaƙƙarfan ƙwaƙƙwaran ƙwaƙƙwaran kasuwanci na Michael Ibru ya samo asali ne daga daular mahaifiyarsa ta ƴan kasuwa masu hankali da arziƙi. Kasuwancin da Turawa (a cikin dabino, roba da katako) a cikin karni na 19 a kan mashigin ruwa na Urhobo na bakin tekun Atlantika ya sami rinjaye a hannun 'yan kasuwa masu arziki. Daga cikin su akwai Cif Osadjere na Olomu, attajirin karni na 19 wanda ya gina bene na farko a Urhoboland a 1914; shi ne kakan mahaifiyar Michael Ibru. Cif Osadjere ya ba da gadon dukiyarsa da kasuwancinsa ga babban dansa, Ovedje, wanda ya fadada sana'ar mahaifinsa zuwa wata babbar sana'a a farkon shekarun mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya a Urhoboland a karni na 20. Ovedje Osadjere ya kasance shugaban garantin ne a lokacin mulkin mallaka a Najeriya kuma ya yi sarauta a matsayin Ohworode (King) R' Olomu (1924-1949).  Michael Ibru da kaninsa na kusa, Felix Ibru, sun girma tun suna samari a ƙarƙashin tasirin kawunsu, Ovedje, da babban kasuwancinsa.  

A cikin 1951, bayan kammala karatun sakandare, ya shiga Kamfanin United African Company a matsayin mai horar da gudanarwa. A cikin 1956, ƴan shekaru bayan shiga UAC ya yi murabus daga kamfanin kuma ya fara haɗin gwiwa, wanda ya kira Laibru. Ƙungiyar haɗin gwiwar ta kasance haɗin gwiwa tare da wani ɗan ƙasar Ingila, Jimmy Large. Tun daga shekara ta 1957, Ibru ya kasance majagaba a rarraba daskararrun kifi a Najeriya. Olorogun, kamar yadda aka kira shi cikin jin dadi, ya fada a daya daga cikin ‘yan hirar da ya yi cewa yana neman mafita daga matsalar rashin abinci mai gina jiki a lokacin da ya ci karo da sana’ar kifi. "Na yi tunanin hanyar da za a bi don magance wannan (tamowa); kifi shine tushen furotin na dabba, farashin naman sa ya yi tsada sosai, kuma ko da mutane masu arziki suna iya samun kaji sau biyu kawai a mako," in ji shi. . Michael Ibru ya kuma gano cewa kasuwar kifin da aka daskare ta kasance kasuwa mai albarka wacce za ta iya kaiwa ga sama da farashin kasuwa. Koyaya, kasuwa ce mai wahala don kutsawa; a lokacin, da yawa daga cikin kamfanonin da ke ƙetare da ’yan kasuwar Nijeriya sun yi rashin, wasu kuma ba su da sha’awar kasuwa. Amma ya ji zai iya yin ƙarin ƙoƙarin sadarwa tare da yan kasuwa na gaba ɗaya, waɗanda suka taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen karɓar samfurin. Domin yin kasuwanci da abincin teku, ya kafa kamfanin shigo da kayayyaki; ya kuma yi hayar da gina wuraren ajiyar sanyi a fadin kasar nan. A tsakiyar shekarun 1960, Cif Ibru ya zama miloniya daga cinikin kifi. A cikin 1970's, Cif Ibru ne ke da alhakin kusan kashi 60 cikin 100 (tan 150,000-200,000) na kasuwar kifin Najeriya daskararre - Kasuwancin kifi ya zama mai samar da kuɗi na gargajiya na ƙungiyar Ibru. A shekarar 1981, an kiyasta kudaden da kungiyar ta Ibru ta samu a kusan N250m ($400m). 

A shekara ta 1963, shugaba Ibru ya yi hayar jirgin ruwan kamun kifi na farko daga Taiyo Gyogo na Japan, kuma bayan shekaru biyu, tare da haɗin gwiwar wani kamfani na Japan, ya kafa kamfanin kamun kifi na Osadjere, ɗaya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin kamun kifi a duniya. Yayin da Mista Gyogo ke rike da kashi 30 cikin 100 na daidaito da kuma samar da kula da masu safarar kamun kifi a cikin teku da shrimpers, kamfanin ya fara aiki da na'urorin daskare mai nisa guda uku. Ibru ya fara fitar da damisa da shrimps zuwa kasashen waje yayin da yake shigo da kifin daskararre daga Rasha da Holland a lokaci guda. A karshen shekarun 1960, ya shiga cikin sauran fannonin tattalin arziki. A cikin 1969, Ibru ya kafa Rutam Motors, sashin sufuri na kasuwancinsa wanda ke hulɗar kasuwanci da rarraba nau'ikan motoci na Mazda, Saviem, Tata, da Jeep. Daga baya gwamnatin tarayya ta nada Rutam a matsayin babban mai rarraba motocin Peugeot a Najeriya. A shekarar 1965, Ibru ya kafa gonakin Aden, wani katafaren gonakin dabino wanda kuma ya hada da citrus da abarba, akan fili mai fadin hekta 800 a tsohuwar jihar Bendel. Daga baya ya sami Mitchell Farm a cikin 1973 daga masu mallakar Amurka, Alizar, waɗanda suka kafa ta shekaru goma da suka gabata. Gidan gona ya girma ya zama mafi girma da ke samar da kajin da suka yini da kuma sarrafa kaji a yammacin Afirka. A cikin 1974, an sami wani kamfani na kasuwanci mai suna Nigeria Hardwoods Company Ltd, kamfanin sare itace, yankan itace, da sarrafa itace. Kamfanin, mallakar Lathem Group, UK, an kafa shi ne a cikin 1919 kuma yana fitar da gundumomi na katako. A cikin shekarun da suka gabata, kungiyar Ibru ta fadada zuwa wasu fannoni kamar jigilar kaya, karbar baki, banki, gidaje, bugu, inshora, jirgin sama, mai, da iskar gas.   

An san shi a matsayin hamshakin dan kasuwa mai tarihi wanda ya kirkiro daya daga cikin manyan kamfanonin Najeriya. A cikin mutuwa, ana tunawa da Olorogun Michael Ibru saboda sawun sawun sa musamman a harkokin kasuwanci, inda ya kasance hamshakin attajiri na Amurka kwatankwacin kamfanonin Fortune 500 blue-chip. 

## Ilimi
Michael Ibru ya halarci Kwalejin Igbobi kuma ya sami takardar shaidar makaranta a 1951.

## Urhobo al'umma
Mutanen Urhobo sun amfana sosai daga gadon Michael Ibru. Maza da mata Urhobo sun sami riba a matakai da yawa tun daga hawan alamar Ibru a rabin na biyu na shekarun 1950. Na farko, matan kasuwar Urhobo na daga cikin rukunin farko na ‘yan Najeriya da suka rungumi daskararrun kifi na “Ibru”. Da yawa daga cikinsu sun tashi daga talaucin dangi zuwa mafi girman tattalin arziki saboda sun shiga cikin sabbin ayyukan Ibru daga rumfunan kasuwa. Akwai karin masu amfana kai tsaye daga yadda Michael Ibru ya bayyana wa al'ummarsa na Urhobo, wadannan su ne kwararrun Urhobo da dama da suka shiga kungiyar Ibru. Yawancinsu sun tafi ne don biyan buƙatunsu iri-iri da burinsu a lokacin da suke ƙungiyar Ibru.

Urhobos suna da dalili na musamman na sha'awar Michael Ibru. To, har zuwa 1950s, siffar Urhobo ba ta cikin mafi kyau a cikin al'ummar Najeriya. Tare da nasarori da iyawar Michael Ibru musamman, da kuma nasarorin da wasu jiga-jigan masanan kasuwanci da tattalin arzikin Najeriya kamar David Dafinone da Gamaliel Onosode suka samu, hoton Urhobo ya karfafa ta manyan hanyoyi. Don haka, Urhobos sun rungumi Michael Ibru a matsayin mutum mai tarihi. Akwai ƙari a cikin dangantakar soyayya tsakanin mutanen Urhobo da Michael Ibru. Ya rungumi al'adun Urhobo da kungiyoyin al'adun Urhobo, musamman Urhobo Progressive Union, yadda ya faranta wa al'ummar Urhobo rai. Michael Ibru ne ya yi amfani da sunan "Olorogun" a madadin "Chief."

## Dan kasa mai zaman kansa
Olorogun Ibru yana da mata biyar, da ’ya’ya goma sha bakwai, mafi shaharar su shi ne Oskar Ibru, (wanda ke jagorantar rukunin tashar tashar Ibru),  Oboden Ibru (tsohon bankin ED/COO Oceanic da Shugaba Midwestern Oil & Gas),  da kuma Emmanuel Ibru (Shugaba na Aden River Estates Limited).((Olorogun Ibru had five wives, and seventeen children, the most prominent being Oskar Ibru, (who heads the Ibru Port complex), Oboden Ibru (former ED/COO Oceanic Bank and CEO Midwestern Oil & Gas), and Emmanuel Ibru (CEO of Aden River Estates Limited).

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## Mutuwa

Ibru, wanda ya kasance sarki na daya daga cikin manyan daular kasuwanci a Afirka, ya rasu a wani asibiti a Amurka da sanyin safiyar Talata 6 ga Satumba, 2016. Ibru ya rasu ya bar dan uwansa Goodie Ibru ; matarsa, Cecilia Ibru ; da yara da dama, ciki har da Oskar Ibru, Emmanuel Ibru, Oboden Ibru, Elvina Ibru ; da jikoki.

An karrama Olorogun Ibru bayan mutu'a da wata alamar al'adun gargajiya ta Nubian Jak Community Trust da Royal Borough na Kensington da Chelsea a gidansa da ke Kensington Palace Gardens inda ya rayu tsawon shekaru 33. Marigayi Olorogun ya shiga cikin manyan mutane irin su Bob Marley, Nelson Mandela da Malcolm X, don zama masu samun babbar lambar yabo.  

## Nassoshi