Christopher Pere Ajuwa

**Christopher 'Pere' Ajuwa**'(23 ga Nuwamba 1941 - 31 ga Janairu 2017) shi ne mutum na farko daga yankin Neja Delta na Najeriya da ya tsaya takarar shugaban Najeriya.
Ya kasance ɗan kasuwa mai basira a cikin shekarun 1980 da 1990, kuma an fi saninsa da taimakon jin kai.

## Bayani na gaba ɗaya
An haifi Christopher 'Pere' Ajuwa a jihar Bayelsa, da ke Kudancin Najeriya, a yankunan Neja Delta.

Ya kasance dan kasuwa mai cin nasara, mai ba da agaji, kuma ɗan siyasa. A ƙarshen 80s, Pere shine Deltan na farko na Nijar a tarihin ƙasar Najeriya na zamani don yin tsayayya da ruwan siyasa mai haɗari na ƙasar Najeriya. Ya yi kamfen kuma ya ba da shawara ba tare da tsoro ba a duk faɗin Najeriya yana ba da shawara game da bukatar mutanen yankin, Ijaws. Ya ji cewa mutane sun fito ne daga yankin Neja Delta, wanda ke samar da kudaden shiga masu yawa waɗanda ke kula da lafiyar jihar Najeriya, ya kamata su faɗi kuma su amfana da yawa daga albarkatun da yankin su ke bayarwa.

Cif Pere Ajuwa ya goyi bayan duk wani yunkuri na gaske na mutanen Ijaw don a gane su yadda ya kamata kuma a ba su girman kai na matsayi a siyasa, tattalin arziki, da kuma wasu fannoni na kokarin ɗan adam ta hanyar amfani da albarkatun kansa don yin yaƙi don samun 'yancin siyasa da tattalin arziki na' yan tsiraru na Kudu-Kudancin, musamman ma kabilunsa da mata, waɗanda suka sha wahala shekaru na watsi da hana su ayyukan kamfanonin mai.

A ƙarshe, a cikin 1993 Pere ya shiga zaben fidda gwani na shugaban kasa da Alhaji Bashir Tofa a ƙarƙashin dandalin jam'iyyar National Republican Convention (NRC). Daga baya, a cikin 2003 da 2007, ya tsaya takarar shugaban Najeriya a kan Shugaba Muhammadu Buhari (2015-2019) a karkashin jam'iyyar jam'iyyar All Nigeria People Party (ANPP). Kodayake Pere bai lashe kowanne daga cikin zaɓen ba, himma da ruhunsa na dogmatic sun shirya hanya ga matasa 'yan siyasa da yawa daga yankin Neja Delta don neman ofishin Shugaban Najeriya. Ya kasance mutum ne mai wadata, kuma mai ba da gudummawa ga rayuka da yawa daga Neja Delta da bayan. A duk rayuwarsa, Pere ya manne wa al'ada da al'adun danginsa na Izon. Cif Dr. Christopher Pere Ajuwa ya mutu a shekarar 2017 a Port Harcourt yana da shekaru 76.

## Iyali da ƙuruciya

### Shekaru na farko
An haifi Christopher Pere Ajuwa a ranar 23 ga Nuwamba 1941 ga iyalan Babban Cif Pa Ogongolo Vurudu Ajuwa na Egbesubiri Quarter, da Cif Ma Mrs. Rachael Diriayefa Ajuwa da Erubiri Quarter na masarautar Gbaranraun, a cikin Karamar Hukumar Kudancin Ijaw da ke cikin Jihar Bayelsa. Masarautar Gbaranraun tana ɗaya daga cikin fitattun masarauta tsakanin mutanen Ijaw a cikin Neja Delta, Kudancin Najeriya kuma babbar mai ba da gudummawa ga tattalin arzikin ƙasar.

Mutanen yankin suna ɗaukar haihuwar Pere a matsayin alamar mu'ujiza kuma an yi magana game da ita kamar an rufe ta da asiri. An ruwaito, cewa mahaifiyar Pere ta fada cikin aikin haihuwa yayin kamun kifi, kuma ba tare da mai juna biyu ba ta haife shi a cikin jirgin ruwa. Dangane da haka, a wannan rana mai ban mamaki Rachael Diriayefa Ajuwa ta kama kifinta mafi girma kuma ta kira ɗanta 'Pere' wanda aka fassara a zahiri yana nufin "Dukiya" a Turanci.

### Ilimi
Pere ya halarci Ade Oshodi, makarantar firamare a Yammacin Najeriya, daga 1954 zuwa 1960 kuma ya sami takardar shaidar barin makarantar farko. Daga 1961 zuwa 1964, ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Stella Maris, Okitipupa, a yankin karamar hukumar Ondo na Jihar Ondo. Abin takaici, saboda rashin kuɗi, Pere bai iya kammala karatunsa a Kwalejin Stella Maris ba mai yiwuwa. Binciken da ya yi na ilmantarwa bai tsaya ba, ya sami hanyar halartar Kwalejin Fasaha ta Gwamnati Ijebu-Ode, Cibiyar Ciniki ta Yaba, Legas kuma ya sami City da Guide Intermediate a shekarar 1968. Daga nan sai ya bar Najeriya kuma ya halarci Kwalejin Fasaha ta Yaba a Jami'ar Glasgow, Scotland inda ya sami takardar shaidar Advanced Technological a 1975.

Bayan haka, a ƙarshen shekarun 1970s, Pere ya kasance a Jami'ar Worcester, Ingila yana karatun Injiniyanci da sauran darussan injiniya kuma ya zama Injiniyan Fasaha na Burtaniya a farkon 1980.

Sa'an nan a shekara ta 2006, Pere ya ci gaba da samun digiri na biyu a cikin Gudanar da Kasuwanci a Jami'ar Jihar Ekiti .

### Wasanni
A lokacin da yake makaranta, an dauki Pere a matsayin dan wasan kwallon kafa mai ban sha'awa. A farkon shekarun 1970s ya buga wa kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Yammacin Jihar da Cibiyar Bincike ta Kungiyar kwallon kafa ta Najeriya duka a Ibadan Yammacin Najeriya. An kira Pere a matsayin mai kunnawa a filin kwallon kafa kuma an dauke shi babban dan wasa. Ya ci gaba da lashe laurels tare da waɗancan kungiyoyi. A duk rayuwarsa, ya ci gaba da jin daɗin rayuwa mai aiki na wasan tennis, yin iyo da tseren jirgin ruwa.

### Aure da yara
Kafin ya yi aure, Pere mutum ne a sassa da yawa. Ya haifi 'ya'ya bakwai ba tare da aure ba.

Koyaya, a cikin 1972, yayin da yake halartar Kwalejin Fasaha ta Yaba, Pere ya sadu da Helen Kemi Olayiwola, 'yar Akandi Olayiwola. Sun yi aure a shekara ta 1974.
Ya haifi 'ya'ya goma sha uku tare da Helen Kemi Olayiwola kuma ya yi aure da farin ciki tare da Helen har zuwa mutuwarsa.

A matsayinsa na uba, a bayyane yake yana da karfi a horo kuma ya sha a cikin 'ya'yansa masu aiki tuƙuru da biyayya ga ikon da aka kafa.

### Bangaskiya
Yayinda yake yaro, an yi wa Pere baftisma a Cocin Katolika. Daga baya ya tuba zuwa bangaskiyar Pentecostal kuma ya zama memba na Ikilisiyar Manzanni ta Kristi. A farkon shekarun 1980 ya halarci Ikilisiyar Littafi Mai-Tsarki ta Deeper Life a garin Rumuodara, Jihar Rivers. Sa'an nan a farkon shekarun 1990s, ya zama memba na tushe na Ma'aikatar Ceto kuma ya bauta a can har zuwa mutuwarsa.

Pere ya yi la'akari da ayyukan jin kai don ya dace da bangaskiyarsa ta Kirista. Pere ya sadaukar da kansa kuma yana son ba da yabo da bautar.

### Mutuwa
A cikin fall of 2016 Pere ya yi rashin lafiya kuma ya shiga asibiti. An gano shi da ciwon daji na prostate. Ya koma gidansa amma ya janye daga ayyukan jama'a da na jama'a. Ya mutu a ranar Litinin, 31 ga Janairun 2017 a gidansa a Port Harcourt . Kalmominsa na ƙarshe sun kasance "Yesu ya yi mini jinƙai". Ya wuce cikin barcinsa daga rikitarwa saboda ciwon daji na Prostate.

Gwamna Seriake Henry Dickson ya bayyana mutuwar Pere a matsayin bakin ciki, abin mamaki da kuma asarar gaske ga Gwamnati da mutanen Jihar Bayelsa. Da yake magana a wani jana'izar da aka gudanar a Cif DSP Alamieyeseigha Banquet Hall a Yenagoa, don girmama marigayin, Dickson ya ce za a tuna da gudummawar Pere ga ci gaban zamantakewa da tattalin arziki da siyasa na jihar Bayelsa da Najeriya har abada. Don gudummawar Pere da yawa da kuma fitaccen gudummawa, gwamnan ya sanar da sake sunan sanannen hanyar Azikoro bayan shi wanda ya ce ya zama al'adun gwamnatinsa don girmama kowane ɗan gaskiya da 'yar jihar wanda ya yi tasiri sosai a wurare daban-daban.

A cikin godiya, 'yar farko ta Pere da kwamishinan jihar na Yawon Bude Ido, Ci gaba, da Mrs Ebiere Irene Ajuwa-Musa sun gode wa Gwamna Dickson da mutanen jihar saboda rawar da suka taka wajen girmama mahaifinta.

Ayyukan jana'izar sun jawo hankalin 'yan siyasa, sarakunan gargajiya, kyaftinonin masana'antu, shugabannin ra'ayi, mata da matasa daga ciki da waje na jihar. Mutane sun yi layi a kan tituna cikin baƙin ciki kuma suna ba da ta'aziyya ga iyali.

Tun bayan mutuwarsa, mutane suna magana game da lokacin da yake da rai a matsayin "ranar Pere Ajuwa".

Marigayi Cif Pere Ajuwa an kwantar da shi a ranar 4 ga Fabrairu 2017 a gidansa a cikin ɗakin sujada na Ayibawari Villa .

## Ayyuka

### Farkon aiki
A shekara ta 1969, Pere ya fara aiki a matsayin mai fasaha tare da Kamfanin Ruwa na Yammacin Jihar Ibadan . Daga nan sai ya bar Kamfanin Ruwa na Yammacin Jihar kuma ya shiga Cibiyar Nazarin Cocoa ta Najeriya kuma a Ibadan (CRIN) a matsayin ƙwararren Injiniya wanda ke kula da Cibiyar Kula da Ruwa ta Cibiyar a cikin 1970; ya yi aiki na shekaru biyu. Pere daga baya ya kira shi ya bar a Cibiyar Nazarin Cocoa ta Najeriya don ci gaban ilimi a Jami'ar Glasgow a Ingila a ƙarshen 1970s.￼

Da ya dawo Najeriya, Pere ya zama Babban Injiniya mai ba da shawara, SP Group Engineers a shekarar 1977.

Ya shiga cikin kasuwanci mai zaman kansa a matsayin mai kwangila da kuma sayar da man fetur a farkon shekarun 1980. Ya ci gaba da zama Babban Injiniya tare da Prefab Overseas Limited . A shekara ta 1993, ya taimaka wajen ganowa da gudanar da Pere Roberto Nigeria Limited a matsayin Sakataren Kamfanin sannan kuma manajan darektan. A wannan lokacin, ya aiwatar da wasu ayyukan tarihi waɗanda suka haɗa da gina Helipad a Bonny Camp, Victoria Island, Legas da wasu gine-gine a Cibiyar Horar da Man Fetur a Warri (yanzu Jami'ar Man Fetur) da sauran ayyukan da yawa a cikin Neja Delta.

### Rayuwar siyasa
A shekara ta 1986, Pere ya shiga cikin nasara a birnin Port Harcourt kuma ya gudu ya lashe Shugaban Kamfanin Kasuwanci da Masana'antu na Port Harcoort. Ya kawo wasu sababbin abubuwa masu kyau a cikin ƙungiyar. A karkashin jagorancinsa an shirya baje kolin kasuwanci na Port Harcourt na farko. Nasarar Pere a harkokin kasuwanci ba ta rufe ƙaunar da yake yi wa Najeriya da kuma sha'awarsa ta inganta wahalar da ake fama da ita da kuma mutanen da aka ware a yankin Neja Delta ba.

Bayan nasarar da ya samu a matsayin Shugaban Kamfanin Kasuwanci da Masana'antu na Port Harcourt a ƙarshen shekarun 1980; ya kaddamar da kansa cikin yanayin siyasa na Najeriya lokacin da damar ta zo don tsara sabon Kundin Tsarin Mulki ga Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya don sanar da ƙarshen mulkin Soja.

Koyaya, a cikin 1989 ya yi takara kuma ya lashe kujerar mazabar Tarayya ta Yenagoa a cikin majalisa ta lokacin. Pere ya bayyana matsayi mai karfi kamar haƙƙin 'yan tsiraru, soke dokar amfani da ƙasa, da kuma kula da albarkatu.

Abubuwan da Pere ya yi a cikin majalisa na 1989 sun sa ya ƙaunaci manyan 'yan siyasa a kasar kuma lokacin da aka kafa jam'iyyun siyasa, ya zama memba na kafa Yarjejeniyar Kasa ta Najeriya (NNC). A wannan lokacin, daya daga cikin sanannun mutane da suka karfafa matashin siyasa na Pere a cikin yanayin siyasa mai duhu shine Cif Gina Yeseibo .

A shekara ta 1992, an sake fasalin tsarin siyasa a Najeriya wanda daga ƙarshe ya haifar da Yarjejeniyar Jamhuriyar Republican ta Kasa (NRC) da Jam'iyyar Social Democratic Party (SDP). Pere daga ƙarshe ya zama memba mai kafa NRC kuma ya goyi bayan Cif Rufus Ada George don fitowa a matsayin Gwamna (Janairu 1992 zuwa Nuwamba 1993) na tsohuwar Jihar Rivers.

Bayan nasarar da ya samu a matsayin Shugaban Kamfanin Kasuwanci da Masana'antu na Port Harcourt a ƙarshen shekarun 1980; ya kaddamar da kansa cikin yanayin siyasa na Najeriya lokacin da damar ta zo don tsara sabon Kundin Tsarin Mulki ga Jamhuriyar Tarayyar Najeriya don sanar da ƙarshen mulkin Soja.

Cif Pere Ajuwa ya kasance misali na tsayin daka da juriya a yaƙi don adalci. Pere ya zama shugaban 'yan tsiraru na farko na Nijar Delta wanda ya yi ƙarfin hali ga dabarun siyasa na yawancin kabilun a kasar.

Muradinsa na yin takara a matsayin dan takara na kujerar shugaban kasa ya bayyana a shekarar 1992 lokacin da Yarjejeniyar Jamhuriyar Republican ta gudanar da zaben fidda gwani na shugaban kasa a Yarjejeniyar Kasa a Port Harcourt . Pere ya kasance mai neman zama shugaban kasa a dandalin tsohuwar Yarjejeniyar Jamhuriyar Republican (NRC), a cikin shirin sauyawa na tsohon shugaban kasar Ibrahim Babangida ya kuma kalubalanci matsayin gwamnan jihar Rivers kafin kirkirar jihar Bayelsa. An tilasta wa Pere ya sauka don Alhaji Bashiru Torfa wanda daga baya ya zama Mai ɗaukar tutar NRC tare da dan takarar shugaban kasa na Social Democratic Party -SDP Alhaji MKO Abiola ya gudu a zaben shugaban kasa na 12 ga Yuni, 1993 wanda aka soke.

A ranar 27 ga Maris, 1993, ita ce ranar taron kasa don tseren shugaban kasa. NRC ta sanar da Port Harcourt, garin Pere, a matsayin wurin taron tare da wakilai sama da dubu biyar ga kowane taron. Pere ya taka muhimmiyar rawa a taron, kuma ya biya mafi yawan lissafin don Yarjejeniyar Port Harcourt.

Taron Port Harcourt ya halarci manyan shugabannin jam'iyyar ciki har da Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, Alhaji Ibrahim Mantu da Alhagi Ibrahim Shinkafi . A taron, Alhaji Ahmed Kusamotu ya kayar da Sanata Lawrence Adekunle Agunbiade wanda aka fi sani da LAKO don fitowa a matsayin shugaban jam'iyyar. Sanata Agunbiade ya fito ne daga Ise a jihar Ekiti ta yanzu yayin da Dokta Kusamotu ya fito ne na dangin sarauta a Ikirun a jihar Osun ta yanzu.

A shekara ta 1994 ya fara sabon yaƙi don tayar da hankali ga al'ummar Izon don rungumar hadin kan manufa a cikin bin burinmu da burinmu. A yau, al'ummar Izon musamman da dukan yankin Neja Delta sun fi kyau a gare ta. A karkashin jagorancin Ijaw National Congress (INC) da Ijaw Youth Council (IYC a duk duniya), ya zama wanda ba za a iya dakatar da shi ba yayin da sha'awar siyasa ke girma kowace rana.

Kira na siyasa ya sake dawowa a cikin 1998 kuma Pere ya zama memba mai kafa jam'iyyar All People Party (APP) wanda daga baya ya canza zuwa All Nigerian Peoples Party (ANPP).

Shekaru bayan haka, burinsa na shugaban kasa ya sake farfadowa kuma ya yi takara a zaben fidda gwani da shugaban kasar Mohammadu Buhari na yanzu kuma ya fadi a 2003 da 2007 bi da bi. Ya yi takara a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa a zaben shugaban kasa a shekara ta 2003 da 2007 a kan dandalin jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN) da Alliance for Democracy (AD) bi da bi.

A shekara ta 2003 lokacin da ya bayyana cewa APP wanda ya canza zuwa ANPP, an tilasta masa ya sauka a cikin All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP) lokacin da Janar Mohammadu Buhari, wanda aka zaba a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa, ya sa Pere ya bar jam'iyyar. Tun da ANPP ba za ta ba shi tikitin shugaban kasa ba, sai ya sauya bangarorin zuwa Jam'iyyar Liberal Democratic Party of Nigeria (LDPN kuma ya fito da dan takarar shugaban kasa a shekara ta 2003.

A cikin shirin zaben 2007, ya koma ANPP kuma an tilasta masa ya sauka don Janar Mohammadu Buhari . Daga baya Alliance for Democracy ta karbe shi a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa bayan mutuwar kwatsam na dan takarar Shugaban kasa na lokacin, Cif Adebayo Adefarati .

A shekara ta 2011, ya yi takara don cika kujerar Sanata ta Tsakiya ta Bayelsa a dandalin ANPP kuma ya rasa dan takarar PDP mai mulki.

### Mai ba da shawara
Duk a lokacin aikinsa, an san Pere a matsayin mai ba da shawara ga mutane da yawa. A cikin girmamawa, tsoffin 'yan majalisa a majalisar dattijai, John Brambaifa, Inatimi Rufus-Spiff, Kakakin Majalisar Jiha, Rt. Hon. Konbowei Benson da Shugaban Ma'aikatan Gwamnatin, Rt. Hon. Talford Ongolo duk ya yaba da marigayi Cif Ajuwa, yana ambaton shi a matsayin mai ba da shawara.

### Mai fafutuka
Wani babban masanin masana'antu wanda ya kasance daya daga cikin 'yan miliyoyin daga zuriyar Ijaw, Ajuwa ya yi yaƙi da Kamfanin Ci gaban Man Fetur na Shell (SDPC) yana neman inganta rayuwar mutanen da ke dauke da man fetur.

Yunkurinsa ya zo ne a shekara ta 2006 lokacin da Ajuwa ya jagoranci al'ummomin Ijaw 145 a karkashin jagorancin Aborigines na Ijaw kuma ya ja Shell kafin zaman hadin gwiwa na Majalisar Dokoki. Majalisar Dokoki ta Kasa ta baiwa al'ummomin dala biliyan 1.5 a matsayin diyya ga lalacewar muhalli da kamfanin ya haifar tun lokacin da ya fara binciken mai a shekarar 1956.

## Kyaututtuka da girmamawa
A watan Afrilu na shekara ta 1995, don nuna godiya ga kokarin da ya yi a ci gaban ilimi, Jami'ar Calabar ta ba shi lambar yabo ta Doctor of Science (D.Sc.) Degree (Honoris causa) a cikin Gudanar da Kasuwanci.

Ayyukansa na taimakon jama'a sun yanke a kan iyakokin kabilanci lokacin da mutanen Enugu Uku suka fitar da karawa don murna lokacin da suka ba shi IKEMBA na ENUGU UKU.

Pere ya kawo babban ci gaban ilimi da al'umma ga Gbanraun saboda haka babban mai mulki a cikin majalisa, Sarki E.G Ojogbo da duk masu ruwa da tsaki sun ba shi daya daga cikin manyan lakabi a masarautar; Egbesu XVI na Egbesubiri a 1986.

Darajar da aka samu bayan mutuwarsa ta hada da Gwamna Seriake Henry Dickson na Jihar Bayelsa wanda ya girmama Pere ta hanyar sake sunan babbar hanya bayan shi.

## Bayanan da aka yi amfani da su