Harona Esseku

**Harona Esseku** (8 Agusta 1934 - 3 Agusta 2022) ɗan siyasan Ghana ne wanda ya zama Ministan Sufuri da Sadarwa na Ghana daga shekarar 1969 zuwa 1971. An kuma amince da shi a matsayin minista yana da shekaru talatin da biyar wanda ya sa ya zama mamba mafi ƙanƙanta a majalisar ministocin  jamhuriya ta biyu. A jamhuriya ta hudu, ya zama memba na sabuwar jam’iyyar Patriotic Party, kuma ya kasance shugaban jam’iyyar na kasa daga 2001 zuwa 2005.

## Shekarun Farko
An haifi Harona Esseku a ranar 14 ga Agustan shekarar 1934, a Krobonshie, Senya Beraku, a yankin Tsakiyar Tsakiya. Ya yi karatun firamare a makarantar Senya Beraku Oma daga 1941 zuwa 1949 sannan ya tafi Accra Academy, inda ya samu takardar shaidar makarantar Cambridge a shekarar 1953. Ya halarci Kwalejin Fasaha ta Kumasi daga 1954 zuwa 1955. Ya karantar da chemistry da Geography a almajiransa, Accra Academy bayan Kumasi sannan a shekarar 1958 ya yi aiki a matsayin babban jami'in zartarwa a ofishin Hukumar Kididdiga ta Gwamnati. 

A 1959, ya shiga Jami'ar Ghana kuma ya karanta wani digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki da aka samu a 1962 akan malanta na Texaco. Yayin da yake jami'a, ya kasance dalibi majagaba mazaunin Hall na Uku (wanda aka sake masa suna Commonwealth) kuma ya zama dalibi na farko da aka zaba a matsayin shugaban Commonwealth Hall Junior Common Room (JCR) a karshen shekararsa ta farko. A cikin shekararsa ta ƙarshe, ya kasance shugaban Majalisar Wakilan Dalibai (SRC) da kuma shugaban Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararrun Ƙwararru (AIESEC). Yayin da yake jami'a, ya kasance dalibi majagaba mazaunin Hall na Uku (wanda aka sake masa suna Commonwealth) kuma ya zama dalibi na farko da aka zaba a matsayin shugaban Commonwealth Hall Junior Common Room (JCR) a karshen shekararsa ta farko a karshen shekararsa ta farko.

## Sana'a
A cikin shekara ta 1962, Kamfanin Tobacco Pioneer (Birtaniya Taba Ghana Ghana)  ya ɗauke shi aiki a matsayin babban koci. Ya yi aiki a sashen  tallace-tallace a matsayin manajan tallata tallace-tallace na Brong Ahafo da yankin Arewa  a lokacin. Ya yi balaguron balaguron balaguron balaguro da yawa a ƙasashen waje akan horon da aka ba da tallafi kuma shine manajan talla na Pioneer Tobacco ta 1967. Shi ma Esseku ya fara sana’ar sa, wadda ta ke gudanar da harkokin sufuri da rarrabawa da kasuwanci. Haka nan yana da sha’awar kamun kifi da noma.

## Siyasa
Esseku ya kasance sakataren ƙungiyar raya ƙasa ta Senya Beraku daga shekarar 1965 zuwa 1968, sannan kuma sakataren majalisar kungiyoyin matasa dake kula da yankunan gargajiya uku na Winneba, Awutu da Senya.  

A cikin 1968, Awutus, Effutus, Gomoas da Agona suka zabe shi don ya wakilce su a majalisar wakilai a matsayin wakilin gundumar Winneba don tsara kundin tsarin mulkin jamhuriya ta biyu.

Ko da yake ya kasance farkon mai kishin Sojoji na Uku, ya shiga Jam'iyyar Ci gaba a cikin 1969 kuma ya zama ɗaya daga cikin manyan membobinta. A zaben ‘yan majalisar dokokin da aka gudanar a ranar 29 ga watan Agusta na shekarar, an zabi Harona Esseku a matsayin dan majalisa mai wakiltar mazabar Awutu-Effutu-Senya.          

A cikin shekaru talatin da biyar, Harona Esseku ya zama minista mafi karancin shekaru a gwamnatin Busia, mai kula da ma'aikatar sufuri da sadarwa. Ya rasa mukaminsa na minista a wani sauyi na majalisar ministoci a watan Afrilun 1971.                

## Siyasar Jamhuriyya ta Uku (1979-1981)
A farkon jamhuriya ta uku, ya zama memba na jam'iyyar Popular Front Party (PFP) sannan  kuma ya zama mamba a kwamitin gudanarwa na jam'iyyar.  To sai dai kuma an hana shi  da wasu tsofaffin shugabannin  jam’iyyar Progress Party daga mukaman gwamnati a jamhuriya ta uku,  sakamakon wani bincike da wani kwamiti ya yi musu bayan faduwar  jamhuriya ta biyu.  Kokensu na gama gari na a soke haramcin nasu ta hanyar zaman kotu ya ci tura.      

## Siyasar Jamhuriyya ta Hudu (1992-)
A cikin 1992, ya kasance memba  na sabuwar jam'iyyar  Patriotic Party (NPP) a matsayin  daya daga cikin mutane 110 da suka sanya hannu  a cikin takardun jam'iyyar farko da aka shigar a hukumar zabe.       

Esseku ya kasance sakataren  kwamitin ladabtarwa na jam’iyyar NPP na kasa daga shekarar 1995 zuwa 1998. Ya kasance dan majalisar NPP ta ƙasa daga 1995. Ya kasance mataimakin shugaban jam’iyyar reshen shiyyar ta tsakiya daga 1996 zuwa 2001, kuma wakilin jam’iyyar zuwa ga kwamitin Inter-Party Party (IPAC) da shugaban hukumar zaɓe ta NPP. Esseku ya kasance mataimakin shugaban kwamitin yakin neman zaben jam’iyyar na kasa na zaben shekara ta 2000.              

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