Yahaya Madawaki
Alhaji Yahaya Madawaki, MFR, OBE, DLL kuma mai riƙe da lambar girmamawa ta Sarki George VI haihuwa (Janairu 1907 -mutuwa 5 ga Yuni, shekara ta alif dari tara da casa'in da takwas 1998) ya kasance shahararren ɗan siyasar Nijeriya, tsohon Ministan Lafiya, Madawaki na Ilorin da Atunluse na Erin-Ile, Kwara Jiha .

Rayuwar farko 
An haifi Alhaji Yahaya a shekara ta alif dari tara da bakwai 1907 a Ilorin, jihar Kwara, babban dan Abdulkadir Popoola Ayinla-Agbe hamshakin dan kasuwar Ilorin da Salimotu Asabi. 

Ya fara karatun boko a makarantar kur'ani a yankin Kasuwar Ago a Ilorin sannan ya fara makarantar firamare ta lardin Ilorin. Da yake ya kasance ajin farko, sai aka zabe shi ya ci gaba zuwa Kwalejin Horar da Malamai ta Katsina, wacce daga baya ta zama Kwalejin Barewa, don neman ilimi a watan Yunin shekara ta alif dari tara da ashirin da biyu 1922 

Daga cikin tsaransa a Kwalejin ta Katsina akwai Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sakkwato, Aliyu Makama Bida, Suleiman Barau da Sir Kashim Ibrahim.  Hazikin dalibi kuma ɗan wasa, ya zama Shugaban Headan wasa kuma kyaftin ɗin ƙwallon ƙafa kuma an zaɓe shi ne don ya gabatar da jawabin maraba ga Gwamnan Nijeriya na lokacin, Sir Hugh Clifford, a lokacin ƙaddamar da Kwalejin a hukumance a shekara ta alif dari tara da ashirin da hudu 1924.

Bayan ya ci mafi girman maki a karatunsa, inda ya kafa bayanan da ba a fasa su ba tsawon shekaru, daga baya aka ci gaba da zama a Kwalejin a matsayin malami bayan karatunsa a 1928. Ya koyar ne, a Katsina College for shekaru biyu da dalibai hada da Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, wanda daga baya ya zama firayim ministan kasar, Sir Ahmadu Bello, da Sardauna of Sokoto, Justice Mohammed Bello wanda daga baya ya zama babban mai shari'a na kotun kolin Najeriya, Justice Saidu Kawu, wani tsohon Babban Alkalin Jihar Kwara sannan kuma daga baya Alkalin Kotun Koli, Mai shari’a Mamman Nasir, Ibrahim Coomassie, wanda daga baya ya zama Sufeto Janar na ‘Yan Sandan Najeriya, Alhaji Ibrahim Dasuki wanda daga baya ya zama Sarkin Musulmi na 18 na Halifancin Sokoto haka ma surukinsa, Habba Habib na Barno, Shuaibu Abuja, Sarkin Gobir na Kaligo, wanda daga baya ya zama Sarkin Gwandu, Alhaji Zulkarnaini Gambari da Alhaji Aliyu Abdulkadir wanda aka fi sani da Baba Agba, dukkansu kuma daga baya sun zama na 9. da Sarakuna na 10 na Ilorin bi da bi

Yahaya ya ci gaba da zama Shugaban Makarantar Middle School da kuma fitaccen shugaban al'umma, wanda ya shahara wajen sasanta rikice-rikice tsakanin manyan shugabannin yankin da kuma tare da hukumomin mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya, wanda ya ba shi lambar girmamawa ta Sarki George VI a 1936.

Harkar siyasa 
Yahaya ya zama Shugaban Majalisar Masarautar Ilorin a 1936, inda ya sami lakanin "Yahaya Kiigbaa" ("Yahaya bai yarda ba") saboda nuna gaskiyarsa da kuma kokarinsa na kawar da rashawa a majalisar.A 1948, tare da Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, Yahaya ya kasance memba ne na wakilan taron Afirka na farko a Landan kuma Sarki George na VI ya karbe shi a Fadar Buckingham a 8 ga Oktoba 1948. 

Bayan dawowarsa daga Ingila, an tsayar da shi a matsayin memba na sabuwar majalisar dokokin yankin Arewa da aka kafa kuma memba na Majalisar Sarakunan Yankin Ilorin Bayan fara aiki da Tsarin Mulki na McPherson a 1952, an zabi Yahaya a matsayin daya daga cikin mambobi biyar na Majalisar Dokokin Yankin Arewa da za su shiga majalisar dokoki ta gwamnatin tsakiya. A wannan shekarar ya zama Ministan Lafiya,  ya shiga majalisar zartaswa tare da Ahmadu Bello, Sardaunan Sakkwato, Alhaji Abubakar Tafawa Balewa da sauran manyan Ministocin Arewa .   An maye gurbinsa a 1956 da Alhaji Ahman. 

A lokacin da yake Ministan Lafiya ya rubuta nasarori da dama, ciki har da kaddamar da asibitoci da dama, kamar makarantar koyon aikin likita a Zariya da asibitin kashi a Kano, kuma shi ne ya yi sanadiyyar soke kudin asibiti a duk Babban Asibitocin Arewa.

A 1973, an nada Yahaya Kwamishinan Ayyuka na Jiha, a lokacin ya sanya hannu kan kwangilar Asa Dam kuma ya ba da manyan ayyuka da yawa. A 1981, Shugaba Shehu Shagari ya nada Yahaya a matsayin daya daga cikin Kwamitin Dattawa. A bangaren siyasa, ya yi mu'amala da dama tare da marigayi Cif Obafemi Awolowo, Cif JS Olawoyin, Cif SB Awoniyi, Cif Gabriel Igbinedion da kuma gungun wasu manyan 'yan siyasa a duk fadin kasar.

Girmamawa da alƙawura 
A shekarar 1936, an baiwa Yahaya lambar yabo ta nadin sarauta ta Sarki George VI . A cikin karramawar sabuwar shekara ta 1955, Sarauniya Elizabeth II ta bashi lambar yabo ta Masarautar Burtaniya (OBE) da sarautar gargajiya ta Madawaki ta Ilorin. A 1981, Shugaba Shehu Shagari ya ba Yahaya lambar girmamawa ta kasa a matsayin memba na Tarayyar Tarayya (MFR) . A 1982, an ba shi digirin girmamawa na wasiƙu (DLL) daga Jami'ar Ilorin da taken Atunuse na Erin-Ile.

Ya kasance memba kuma Shugaban Kwamitocin da yawa, ciki har da Hukumar Raya Kasa ta Arewacin Nijeriya, Kamfanin Jirgin Kasa na Najeriya, Kamfanin Ruwa na Jihar Kwara da Kamfanin Sugar na Bacita . Hakanan an san shi musamman a matsayin mutumin da ya ba Jihar Kwara sunan ta,

Aikin Kasuwancin 
Alhaji Yahaya ya kuma tsunduma cikin manyan kasuwancin da ya ci nasara, daga cikinsu akwai Yahaya Marines & Co, kamfanin jigilar kayayyaki da kayan aiki wanda a lokacin yake a Apapa Wharf da kuma dukiya daga cikin manyan mashahuran Madawaki da ke kan titin Ibrahim Taiwo, Ilorin .

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