Bankin Mobolaji Anthony

Oloye **Sir Mobolaji Bank Anthony**, KBE (an haife shi a ranar 11 Ga watan Yunin shekarar 1907 - 26 Mayun shekarar 1991) ɗan kasuwa ne kuma mai ba da agaji na Yoruba. Ya kasance Shugaban majalisa na  Kasuwancin Legas kuma ya kasance mai saka hannun jari a cikin ƴan kwangila na Aero-Contractors kafin Ƙungiyar Ibru ta sami hannun jari na asali. A wani lokaci, ya riƙe haƙƙin rarraba ga motocin da Rootes Group ta ƙera. Ya kasance memba na kwamitin kamfanoni daban-daban kuma ya kasance ɗan'uwan Cibiyar Gudanarwa ta Najeriya.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Bankin Anthony an haife shi ne a cikin iyalin Alfred Bank Anthony na yankin Brazil, Tsibirin Legas; mahaifiyarsa tana da alaƙa da iyalin Aleshinloye Williams na Olowogbowo, Legas kuma iyayensa duka biyu Ƴan kasuwa ne; mahaifinsa yana da kasuwancin jana'izar a ƙarƙashin sunan, A. Bank Anthony and Sons Ltd .  An haife shi a yankin Kinshasa na Belgian Congo a cikin Shekara ta 1907. Ya fara karatu a makarantar St. Peters, Faji, Legas kuma daga baya ya halarci makarantun sakandare daban-daban ciki har da makarantar sakandare ta Methodist Boys, Makarantar Ijebu Ode Grammar, makarantar CMS Grammar da kuma Kwalejin Baptist, Legas. A cikin Shekara ta 1923, ya fara aiki a matsayin ƙaramin magatakarda a sashen wasiku na Sashen Post da Telegraphs (P&T).  Ya bar P&T dept a shekarar 1931 kuma ya sauya zuwa kasuwanci. Ya yi tafiya zuwa ƙasar Jamus da Ƙasar Ingila don Yin nazarin Man dabino kuma daga baya ya kafa M. de Bank Brothers, babban kamfani na kasuwanci da farko a cikin Palm Oil sannan kuma magani na patent. Bayan kasuwancin biyu ba su yi nasara sosai ba, sai ya sauya zuwa shigo da agogo, agogo da alkalami. A wani lokaci, shi ne mai sayar da takalma na uku mafi girma a Najeriya bayan UAC da United Trading Company. A farkon shekarun 1930, ya kasance a takaice tare da ƙungiyar matasa ta Legas. Kasuwancin Bankin Anthony ya fara ƙaruwa a farkon yakin duniya na biyu lokacin da farashin ya tashi a kasar yana amfana da 'yan kasuwa kamar Bankin Anthony wanda ke da manyan kayayyaki kafin matsin hauhawar farashin.

A cikin shekarun 1950 ya kawo wasu kamfanonin Turai zuwa Najeriya kuma yana ɗaya daga cikin ƴan Najeriya na farko da ya zama shugaban kamfanin Turai lokacin da a cikin Shekarar 1950, bayan ya gabatar da kamfanin Italiya zuwa kasuwar Najeriya, ya zama shugaban Kamfanin Gine-gine na Italiya Borini Prono da Kamfanin. Kamfanin daga baya ya shiga cikin gina hanyar Ijora Causeway, hanyar Benin-Asaba da hanyar Sapele-Onithsa.  Ya kuma kasance wakilin Law Union da Rock Insurance Agency a cikin 1950 wanda daga baya T.A. Braithwaite ya gudanar a cikin 1951. Ya kuma kasance darektan hannun Najeriya na Mobil Oil Company kuma ya kasance darektani na reshen Najeriya na Friesland Foods . 

Bankin Anthony ya sami hannun jari a cikin ƴan kamfanoni a lokacin aikinsa na kasuwanci ciki har da Weide Nigeria Limited wanda ke hulɗa da ɓangarorin lantarki da aka rushe gaba ɗaya, haɗin gwiwar Italiya da ake kira Motor Parts Industries, kasuwancin plywood a Jihar Cross River da kuma hannun Najeriya na Mayu da Baker,  Pressed Metal Works.

## Taimako
Bankin Anthony ya ba da gudummawa ga Asibitin Orthopaedic na Kasa, Igbobi, Legas kuma ya gina gidan Ayinke, wanda ke da asibitin Ikeja.

## Rayuwa ta mutum
Bankin Anthony ya auri Olamide Adeshigin, wanda daga baya aka sani da Lady Bank Anthony . Ya kasance a cikin ƴan ƙungiyoyin zamantakewa da kasuwanci a jihar Legas, ciki har da Lagos Race Club, Metropolitan Club, Yoruba Tennis Club da kuma Najeriya-Amurka Chamber of Commerce .  Ya kasance shugaban Hukumar ɗaukaka ƙara ta Tarayya da Yakubu Gowon ya kafa don taimakawa ƴan Najeriya da Yaƙin basasa ya shafa.

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