Michael Imoudu
Michael Athokhamien Omnibus Imoudu shugaban kungiyar kwadagon Najeriya ne.[2]

Rayuwar farko da ilimi 
An haifi Imoudu a shekarar 1902, a yankin Afemai na jihar Edo. Mahaifinsa soja ne a rundunar sojojin Afirka ta Yamma kuma ya yi aiki a gabashin Afirka da kuma Gambia. Bayan rasuwar iyayensa a shekarar 1922, Imoudu ya rayu kuma ya yi aiki da wani dan uwansa wanda ke aikin layin dogo. Saboda aikin dan uwansa, ya yi balaguro zuwa garuruwa daban-daban na Gabas ta Tsakiya da Gabas, a lokacin da yake bakuwa, ya koyi harshen Igbo. Ya halarci makarantu da dama sannan ya kammala karatunsa na firamare a makarantar gwamnati ta Agbor a shekarar 1927. Ya yi tafiya zuwa Legas a 1928 kuma ya sami aiki bayan shekara guda a matsayin ma'aikacin yau da kullun, ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mai aikin layi a Sashen Post da Telegraph kafin ya shiga layin dogo a matsayin mai koyo.

Sana'a a Matsayin Shugaban Ma'aikata 
Imoudu ya fara ayyukan kungiyar kwadago ne a matsayin memba na kungiyar ma’aikatan jirgin kasa (RWU), kungiyar ta zama daya daga cikin kungiyoyin masu fafutuka a kasar nan a lokacin mulkin mallaka. An kafa ƙungiyar a cikin 1931 a lokacin da ƙungiyoyin kasuwanci da yawa suka yi kama da ayyukan zamantakewa fiye da motsi na masana'antu. A shekarar 1939, Imoudu ya zama shugaban kungiyar, a cikin wannan shekarar ne kungiyar ta yi rajista a karkashin dokar kungiyar kwadago wadda ta baiwa kungiyoyin kwadago damar neman hadin kai da ma’aikatansu. RWU ita ce ƙungiya ta farko da aka yi rajista a ƙarƙashin dokar. A karkashin jagorancin Imoudu, kungiyar ta sake sabunta bukatarsu ta neman karin albashi, rage karbar kudi da kuma inganta yanayin aiki. Ya fara fitowa fili ne a cikin 1941 lokacin da ya nemi izinin gwamnati da na hukumar kula da jiragen kasa don inganta yanayin ma'aikatan fasaha. canje-canje. Bayan wani lokaci, hukumar ta saki rangwamen ta ga ma'aikatan da ba su ji daɗi ba kuma an ci gaba da tattaunawa da yawa tsakanin Yuli zuwa Satumba 1941. A ranar 30 ga Satumba 1941, ma'aikatan injiniyoyi sun gano kofofin su a kulle bisa umarnin Manajan Ayyuka. Daga nan ne Imoudu ya jagoranci tattaki zuwa kujerar gwamnati a Legas Island yana ihun korar manajan ayyuka. Zanga-zangar ta dauki hankulan gwamnati inda ta dauki matakin magance korafe-korafen ma'aikatan. Duk da cewa wannan muzaharar ta yi nasara, amma daga baya Imoudu ya ci karo da rigima da shugabannin Turawa,  ance dalilin rikicin shi ne rashin jituwar da ya yi da irin fifikon da ake yi wa jami’an Turawa. A tsakanin 1941 zuwa 1943, an yi masa tambayoyi da yawa kuma an kore shi a watan Janairu 1943.

A watan Yulin 1941, an gudanar da taron wakilan wasu zababbun kungiyoyin kwadago a Najeriya a Legas. Taron ya kai ga kafa kungiyar ma'aikatan fasaha ta Afirka don kare muradun ma'aikatan fasaha na Afirka. An zabi Imoudu, mai wakiltar kungiyar jiragen kasa a matsayin mataimakin shugaban kasa. Sabuwar ƙungiyar ta fara tayar da hankali don ba da tallafin tsadar rayuwa ko kuma kari na yaƙi.[11] A cikin 1942, Imoudu ya kasance mai sasantawa da ma'aikata a tattaunawa da gwamnati don ba wa ma'aikata kyautar Kuɗin Rayuwa (COLA) don rage tasirin hauhawar farashin kayayyaki a sakamakon yakin duniya na biyu. Gwamnati ta yi wasu rangwame na COLA a cikin 1942 karkashin jagorancin Bernard Bourdillon, duk da haka, wasu daga cikin wadanda aka amince da su Arthur Richards ya soke.

A 1943, bayan korar sa Imoudu aka tsare amma daga baya aka canza tsare shi zuwa dokar hana zirga-zirga a karkashin dokar tsaro ta Najeriya ta 1941 wadda ke da alaka ta kut-da-kut da dokar kare yakin duniya na biyu na Burtaniya. An sake shi a ranar 20 ga Mayu 1945 bayan ƙarshen Yaƙin. Duk da haka, a ranar 2 ga Yuni 1945, an yi babban taro don maraba da shi zuwa Legas. A cikin wannan shekarar, ƙungiyar ma'aikata da aka tsara tana yin shawarwari don inganta sharuɗɗan COLA. Ana tsammanin sakin nasa shine don tausasa tasirin rikicin ma'aikata. Sai dai a ranakun 21 da 22 ga watan Yunin 1945, Imoudu ya jagoranci wata kungiya mai tsattsauran ra'ayi ta kungiyar domin shirya yajin aikin gama-gari.

A shekarar 1946, Imoudu ya shiga jam’iyyar NCNC aka zabe shi a majalisar zartarwa ta jam’iyyar. Tare da Nnamdi Azikiwe da Herbert Macaulay, ya kasance memba na tawagar NCNC zuwa London don nuna rashin amincewa da 1946, Richards constitution..

Daga 1947 zuwa 1958 Imoudu ya kasance shugaban kungiyoyin kwadago daban-daban. Ya kasance shugaban kasa da gogo Chu Nzeribe, mataimakinsa na kungiyar kwadago ta Najeriya; kokarin hada kan kungiyoyin kwadago daban-daban a kasar. Hukumar ta samu nasarar farko, inda ta hada 45 daga cikin 57 da aka yiwa rajista a lokacin. Koyaya, rikici ya taso tsakanin masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da masu fafutuka na tsaka-tsaki, ƙungiyar ta ƙarshe ta fi son kiyaye aiki daga ayyukan siyasa masu tsattsauran ra'ayi da gurguzu da kuma shiga Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyoyin Kasuwanci ta Duniya. An dakatar da Imoudu a matsayin shugaban kasa a 1960 bayan ya ziyarci Tarayyar Soviet da China, kuma ya jagoranci baraka wanda ya kafa kungiyar 'yan kasuwa ta Najeriya, sannan ya koma jam'iyyar Labour Unity Front.

A shekarar 1986, an karrama Imoudu da wata cibiyar ƙwadago, Michael Imodu National Institute for Labor Studies (MINILS), wanda aka kafa bayansa. Cibiyar, kasancewarta daya daga cikin irinta a daukacin yammacin Afirka, tana gina kwazon ma'aikata, ma'aikata da jami'an gwamnati.

Jamhuriya ta Biyu 
Imodu ya koma jam’iyyar Aminu Kanos People’s Redemption Party a matsayin mataimakin shugabanta na kasa. A shekarar 1981 rikicin siyasa a cikin jam’iyyar ya haifar da wargajewar jam’iyyar sannan aka kafa jam’iyyar Imodu ta PRP inda Muhammadu Abubakar Rimi ya zama sakatarensa da Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila a matsayin sakataren jihar Kano.

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