Joe Irukwu
Joseph Ogbonnaya Irukwu (1934-2023) babban jami’in inshora ne na Najeriya, lauya, malami kuma marubuci wanda ya rubuta ayyukan da suka shafi harkar inshora a Afirka. Ya kuma kasance tsohon shugaban kungiyar Ohaneze Ndigbo, kungiyar kabilu da siyasa da zamantakewa da ke wakiltar muradun Igbo a siyasar Najeriya.

Irukwu shi ne wanda ya kafa Manajan Daraktan Kamfanin Reinsurance na Najeriya, a shekarar 1989, ya kafa Kamfanin Inshorar Cigaban Afirka wanda daga baya aka sayar da shi ga bankin Diamond .

Rayuwa 
Irukwu ya samu digirin sa a fannin shari'a da inshora daga wata jami'ar Burtaniya a shekarar 1962. Bayan ya dawo Najeriya, ya samu aiki da Kamfanin Inshorar Lardin Afrika ta Yamma, wani kamfanin Biritaniya da ke aiki a Legas. Asalinsa, mai ba da shawara kan harkokin shari’a, ya tashi a cikin kamfani kuma ya shiga jami’in gudanarwa na sashen inshorar kamfanin a shekarar 1965.  A shekarar 1970, an nada shi babban jami'in gudanarwa na Kamfanin Inshorar Rayuwa da Wuta kuma yana aiki a Unity kuma bayanansa ya fara tashi. A shekarar 1972, gwamnati ta nada shi shugaban hukumar ba da lamuni na dalibai, kwamitin da ke da alhakin bayar da lamuni ga dubban dalibai.  A shekarar 1977, Irukwu ya zama babban shugaban zartarwa na Kamfanin Reinsurance Corporation na Najeriya, kasuwancin gwamnati da aka kafa don haɓaka kaso na cikin gida na reinsurance premium kudaden shiga. Kafin kafuwar kamfanin, kamfanonin inshora a Najeriya, sun gudanar da hada-hadar inganta inshora da kamfanonin kasashen waje. Don bunkasa kasuwar inshora na cikin gida da rage fitar da kudaden waje, gwamnati ta kafa Nigerian Re. An bai wa sabon kamfanin haƙƙin kin farko na duk wani ciniki na inshorar da za a gudanar a Najeriya. Daya daga cikin manyan kalubalen da Irukwu ya fuskanta shi ne daukar ma’aikata da horar da masu hazaka a harkar kasuwanci da ta saba wa Najeriya. Kamfanin ya tsunduma cikin horar da ma'aikata na kasashen waje tare da daukar nauyin makarantar horarwa a Legas.

Aikin ilimi 
A farkon shekarun 1970, Irukwu ya fara gudanar da laccoci a fannin kimiyyar aiki a jami'ar Legas. Bugu da kari, ya shiga cikin bunkasa shirye-shiryen horarwa a kungiyar Kamfanonin Inshora ta Afirka ta Yamma (WAICA) da kuma Cibiyar Inshorar Afirka ta Yamma. 

Ya wallafa littafinsa na farko, Dokar Inshora a Najeriya a shekarar 1967 sannan kuma littafinsa na biyu mai suna Accident and Motor Insurance in West Africa an buga shi a shekarar 1974. An buga littafinsa na uku, Gudanar da Inshora a Afirka a shekarar 1976.

Ayyuka 

  Irukwu, J.O. (1977). Insurance management in Africa. Ibadan: Caxton Press.
  Irukwu, J. O. (1974). Accident and motor insurance in West Africa: Law & practice. Ibadan: Caxton Press.
  Irukwu, J.O. (1991). Insurance law and practice in Nigeria ([4th ed. ?] ed.). Ibadan: Heinemann Educational Books. ISBN 9781294981 
  Irukwu, J. (1983). Nigeria at the crossroads: a nation in transition. London: Witherby. ISBN 0900886714. OCLC 11001093
  O., Irukwu, J. (2014). Nigeria at 100 : What next?. Ibadan: Safari Books. ISBN 9789788431695.

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