Abubakar Audu

**Yarima Abubakar Audu** (an haife shi a ranar 24 ga watan Oktoban shekara ta alif dari tara da arbain da bakwai (1947) - ya mutu a ranar 22 ga watan Nuwamban shekara ta dubu biyu da sha biyar 2015), ya kasance tsohon ma'aikacin babban bankin Nijeriya kuma dan siyasa inda ya rike mukamin  gwamnan farar hula na farko a jihar Kogi.  Yayi mulkin Jihar Kogi sau biyu (na farko a Jamhuriya ta 3 kuma na biyu, a Jamhuriya ta 4). Matsayin sa na farko ya fara ne daga watan Janairun shekara ta 1992 har zuwa watan Nuwamban shekara ta 1993 sannan na biyu daga 29 Mayu 1999 zuwa 29 Mayun Shekarar 2003. Ya mutu ne sanadiyyar cutar olsa jim kadan bayan sanar da sakamakon zaɓe na ranar 22 ga Nuwamban shekarar 2015, yayin da yake neman a sake zabansa a matsayin gwamna a karkashin jam’iyya mai mulki ta Najeriya, All Progressives Congress (APC).

## Tarihin Rayuwa da Karatu
An haifi Audu ne a ranar 27 ga watan Oktoban shekara ta alif dari tara da arbain da bakwai (1947),  ga dangin mai martaba, Marigayi Pa Audu Oyidi, Orego Atta na Igala Land kuma babban mai mulkin Ogbonicha-Alloma a Karamar Hukumar Ofu ta jihar Kogi.

Abubakar ya fara karatunsa na Junior Primary School, Alloma, daga baya kuma ya zama na Senior School Ankpa, daga nan ya zarce zuwa Dennis Memorial Grammar School, Onitsha . Daga baya ya koma Kwalejin Kasuwanci na Jos inda ya samu matakin GCE O da A.

## Aiki
Bayan aikin da Yarima Audu yayi a matsayin ma'aikacin banki, daga baya Audu ya tafi Landan daga shekarar 1975 zuwa 1978 inda ya karanci aikin banki da kuma kula da ma'aikata, inda ya samu cancantar rike mukamin babban sakatare da kuma zama memba a ƙungiyar akantocin na kasashen duniya a Landan da kuma kawance na Kwalejin Kasuwanci na Gudanar da Masana'antu ta’ a Nijeriya.

Audu ya yi aikin banki na tsawon shekaru 25, wanda ya yi aiki tare da First Bank - wanda a da ake kira da suna Standard Bank. A nan, ya yi aiki a wurare daban-daban a matakin gudanarwa har zuwa shekarar 1991. Ya kuma kafa tarihi a matsayin jami'in horar da bankin na farko dan asalin Afirka sannan kuma a matsayinsa na daya daga cikin manyan baki manyan ma'aikatan gudanarwa na Bankin Standard Chartered da ke London da New York .

A  shekara ta 1991, an naɗa shi Babban Daraktan FSB International Bank PLC.

## Siyasa da yiwa jama'a aiki
Audu ya fara hidimtawa jama’a a shekara ta 1986,a lokacin da aka nada shi Kwamishinan Kudi da Tsare-tsaren Tattalin Arziki a tsohuwar jihar Benuwai . Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin har zuwa shekara ta 1988 lokacin da aka rusa majalisar ministocin. Sannan ya koma First Bank of Nigeria PLC a matsayin Janar Manaja.

EA watan Agustan shekara ta 1991, an ƙirƙiro jihar Kogi daga wasu sassan tsofaffin jihohin Benuwai da Kwara . Wannan ya yi daidai da daya daga cikin haduwa da dama da Najeriya ta yi da dimokuradiyya a baya, kuma Audu, kasancewarsa daya daga cikin wadanda suka yi ikirarin kirkirar jihart kuma fitaccen dan kasa, an gayyace shi ya fito takarar gwamna. Ya tsaya takarar a karkashin jam'iyyar National Republican Convention (NRC) kuma ya ci zaben da aka gudanar a watan Nuwamba, 1991. Daga baya aka rantsar da shi a matsayin gwamnan zartarwa na farko a jihar Kogi a watan Janairun  shekara ta 1992.

A shekara ta 1998, an sake gabatar da dimokiradiyya kuma Audu, wanda yanzu yake tare da All Nigeria People Party (ANPP), an sake zabansa da kuri’u sama da 700,000. An rantsar da shi a ranar 29 ga Mayu 1999 a matsayin Gwamna na 2 na Gwamnatin Jihar Kogi.

## Manyan nasarori
Gudummawar da yake bayarwa ta fuskar tattalin arziki a jihar sa shine ya zuwa yanzu ma'anar ishara ga yawancin mutane da yawancin shuwagabannin da ke da muradi. Wasu daga cikin manyan nasarorin da ya samu yayin takaitaccen zangonsa na farko na mulki sun hada da kirkiro wasu tsare-tsare daban-daban guda uku ga jami'an gwamnati wadanda suka kunshi sama da rukunin gidaje 1,500 a Lokoja, sauya fasalin garin Lokoja da titinan kwalta, fitilun kan titi, da zagaye masu kyau, gina tsakanin garuruwa da titunan karkara, sama da tsare-tsaren samar da lantarki 75 da ayyukan ruwa guda 50.

Sauran sun hada da kafa Kwalejin Fasaha ta Jihar Kogi, kafa gidan talabijin, gidan rediyo (duka AM da FM), jaridar jihar (The Graphic) da sauya gidan mulkin mallaka na Lord Lugard zuwa wani katafaren gidan gwamnati na zamani, gina rukunin ofisoshin na ma'aikatu kasancewar sabuwar jihar ba ta da masaukin ofishi, gina katafaren gidan sayar da kayan kwalliya don bunkasa harkokin kasuwanci, da sauransu. 

### Ofishin Hulda da Yankin Abuja, Gidan Wasanni da Confluence Beach Hotel
Ya kuma gabatar da ginin ofishin tuntuba na zamani na zamani a Abuja . Gwamnatinsa ta kuma gina katafaren filin wasa na zamani da otal mai tauraro biyar a Lokoja, da Confluence Beach Hotel.

### Masana'antar siminti na Obajana
Audu ya kuma dauki matakai don jawo hankulan masu son saka jari don amfani da dimbin arzikin ma'adanan da ke jihar. Babban kyautar ita ce kafuwar Kamfanin Siminti na Obajana. Aikin, wanda ke gudana kafin ya bar ofis, ya sami goyon bayan Gwamnatin Amurka . Yayin ziyarar tsohon Shugaban ƙasar Amurka Bill Clinton zuwa Najeriya, Gwamnatin Jiha ta sanya hannu kan yarjejeniyar tare da Hukumar Raya Kasuwancin Amurka (TDA) don ba da tallafi don kammala ayyukan yiwuwar a cikin aikin. Yanzu aikin siminti yana aiki.

### Kafa Jami'ar Jihar Kogi, Anyigba
Kafa jami'ar jihar, Jami'ar Jihar Kogi Anyigba, wata shaida ce ta hangen nesa da kuma samar da kayan aiki. An aza harsashin ginin ne a ranar 30 ga Nuwamban shekara ta 1999, lokacin da tsohon Shugaban kasa Olusegun Obasanjo, ya ziyarci jihar. Kimanin shekara guda bayan haka, shugaban ya sake komawa Anyigba a yayin ziyarar aiki da ya kai ga kaddamar da rukunin jami’ar. Dangane da rahoton kwamitin ziyarar jami'ar daga Hukumar Jami'o'in Najeriya, an bayyana makarantar a matsayin jami'ar da ke ci gaba cikin sauri a kasar. Jami'ar ta sami gagarumar tallafi daga ƙasashe, wanda ya hada da shirin alaka da Jami'ar Jihar Morgan a Baltimore, Maryland . Hakanan, wasu malamai bakwai da suka zo daga jami’o’i daban-daban a Amurka sun kasance a jami’ar don yin nazari kan tsarin karatun ta kuma daidaita su da nasu jami’o’in tare da shirya daliban don shirin musaya don ba wa jami’ar karbuwa a duniya.

Audu ya kammala wasu manyan ayyuka cikin shekaru hudu. Sun hada da: rukunin gidaje 250, rukunin wasanni, asibitin ido na kwararru da sauran cibiyoyin kiwon lafiya 25. Sauran sun kasance makarantar sakandaren 'yan mata ta gwamnati kan shirin musayar dalibai, tsare-tsaren rijiyar burtsatse 350, kilomita 300 na titunan gari, sayan motocin bas 100 masu wucewa da kuma kammala ayyukan samar da lantarki 40 na karkara.

An kuma naɗa shi mafi kyawun gwamna a shekarun 1999-2003, duk da kasancewar sa gwamna a karkashin jam'iyyar adawa, ANPP.

## Alaka da kasashen duniya
Wani dan siyasa mai yawan tafiye tafiye, Audu ya kawo girmamawa da yawa kasar ta hanyar alakar sa da kasashen waje. Ya ji dadin dangantaka da tsohon Firayim Ministan Biritaniya, John Major . A cikin shekara ta 1993, shi da danginsa baki na musamman na Firayim Ministan Burtaniya a Lamba 10 Downing Street inda ya karbe su zuwa liyafa ta jihar. Haka kuma a cikin 1993, ya halarci Taron Shugabannin Kasashe na Commonwealth a Cyprus . Alakarsa da kasashen duniya ta ceci Najeriya a lokacin manyan shekaru na gwamnatin Shonekan daga takunkumin tattalin arziki. A watan Disamban shekara ta 1999, yana cikin tawagar shugaban kasa Olusegun Obasanjo yayin ziyarar kasar Jamus .

## Kudaden takarar gwamna masu zuwa
Audu ya tsaya takara a zaben gwamnan jihar Kogi a shekara ta 2003 amma ya fadi. A zaben shekara ta 2007, an sake kayar da Audu saboda yawan jin haushin da salon mulkin sa na kama-karya ya nuna a lokacin da ya rike mukamin gwamnan jihar a baya kuma aka sake zabar mai ci yanzu, Ibrahim Idris. Audu ya je kotun zaben da ta soke zaben, kuma ta ba da umarnin sake sabon zabe. Audu ya sake fafatawa da Ibrahim Idris, kuma aka sake kayar da shi.

A shekarar 2012, Audu ya fafata da sabon mai shigowa filin, Kyaftin Idris Ichalla Wada, kuma ya kayar da wani zaben da aka ce cike yake da magudi. Sakamakon zaben musamman an yi ikirarin sanar yayin zaben har yanzu yana ci gaba.

## Zargin rashawa
Lokacin da Audu bar ofishin a 2003, ya aka tuhuma da Najeriya ta yaki da cin hanci dillancin, da tattalin arzikin Laifukan Hukumar (EFCC), tare da cin hanci da rashawa . An shafe shekaru goma sha biyu ana wannan shari'ar kuma da yawa suna cewa hakan ya samo asali ne a matsayin wani yunkuri na jam'iyyar PDP mai mulki don bata sunan Audu, musamman dangane da nasarorin da aka samu a lokacinsa.

Ya kauda wadannan zarge-zarge, inda ya bayyana cewa, yayin da ya kasance gwamnan jihar samu kasa da N miliyan 400 a matsayin wata-wata kasafi, da kuma cewa, dã ya kasance ba zai yiwu ba ga ci kudi da N12 biliyan cewa hukumar da'awar ya yi sa'ad da ya samu kasa da N19 biliyan a cikin duka, duk da haka sun hau kan ayyuka da yawa. 

## 2015 takarar gwamna
Audu ya fito ne a matsayin dan takarar All Progressive Congress (APC) a zaben fidda gwani na gwamnan jihar Kogi a ranar 28 ga watan Agusta. Bayan haka, ya sanar da James Abiodun Faleke, dan majalisa, a matsayin abokin takarar sa.

## Mutuwa
Audu ya mutu ne sakamakon cutar sankarau a ranar 22 ga Nuwamban shekarata 2015, jim kadan kafin Hukumar Zabe Mai Zaman Kanta ta Kasa ta sanar da zaben gwamnan jihar Kogi a matsayin wanda ba a kammala ba. Ya samu kuri'u fiye da abokin hamayyarsa a zaben amma saboda matsalar da mutuwar tasa ta haifar, jam'iyyarsa ta APC, ta zabi wanda zai zo na biyu a zaben fidda gwani, Yahaya Bello, a matsayin dan takarar da zai maye gurbinsa. 

## Duba kuma

* Jam'iyyar All Progressive Congress
* Bola Tinubu
* John Odigie Oyegun
* Kogi

## Manazarta