Akanu Ibiam
Sir Akanu Ibiam KCMG KBE (29 Nuwamba 1906 - 1 Yuli 1995), fitaccen ɗan mishan ne na likitanci wanda aka naɗa shi gwamnan yankin Gabashin Najeriya daga Disamba 1960 zuwa Janairu 1966 a lokacin Jamhuriyyar Najeriya ta farko. Daga 1919 zuwa 1951, an san shi da Francis Ibiam, kuma daga 1951 zuwa 1967, Sir Francis Ibiam. Bayan wannan lokaci, ya yi watsi da mukami da sunan sa kuma ana kiransa da kawai Akanu Ibiam duk da cewa gwamnatin Burtaniya ba ta soke karramawar da aka ce ya dawo ba.

Shekarun Farko 
An haifi Ibiam a Unwana, Afikpo, Jihar Ebonyi a ranar 29 ga Nuwamba 1906, daga kabilar Igbo. Shi ne ɗa na biyu ga Cif Ibiam, sarkin gargajiya na Unwana. Daga baya ya zama sarkin gargajiya, Eze Ogo Isiala I na Unwana da Osuji na Uburu. Ya halarci Cibiyar horar da Hope Waddell da ke Calabar da Kwalejin King da ke Legas, sannan ya samu gurbin shiga Jami’ar St. Andrews, inda ya kammala digirinsa na likitanci a shekarar 1934. Ya samu karbuwa a matsayin mai wa’azin likitanci na Cocin Scotland. Ya kafa asibitin Abiriba (1936 – 1945) sannan ya ci gaba da kula da asibitocin mission a Itu da Uburu.

Ibiam bai taba nada shi minista ba, amma an zabe shi kuma aka nada shi dattijon Cocin Presbyterian[2]. An nada shi jami'in girmamawa na Order of the British Empire (OBE) a cikin Sabuwar Shekarar Sabuwar Shekara ta 1949 saboda aikinsa a matsayin mishan na likita na Cocin Scotland, kuma an nada shi babban kwamandan Knight na Order of the British Empire. KBE) a cikin Sabuwar Shekarar Sabuwar Shekara ta 1951, wanda daga baya ya zama mai mahimmanci. Ibiam shi ne shugaban Majalisar Kiristoci ta Najeriya (1955-1958). A cikin 1957 an nada shi shugaban Cibiyar Hope Waddell. A 1959 Ibiam ya kasance shugaban Kwalejin Jami'ar Ibadan. A ziyarar da ya kai Arewacin Rhodesia, an hana shi hidima a wani gidan cin abinci da aka keɓe don farar fata, al’amarin da ya zama sananne. A cikin 1962, ya kasance shugaban kwamitin da ya kafa cocin Furotesta a Jami'ar Najeriya, Nsukka Campus.

A lokacin da Najeriya ta samu ‘yancin kai Ibiam ya yi aiki a kananan hukumomi, a Majalisar Dokoki ta Gabas, da Majalisar Dokoki da Zartaswa.

Bayan Najeriya ta samu ‘yancin kai a shekarar 1960, Ibiam ya zama gwamnan yankin Gabas. A ranar 24 ga Agusta 1962, an nada shi Kwamandan Knight na Order of St. Michael da St. George (KCMG).[8] Ibiam ya rike mukamin har zuwa juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi a ranar 15 ga Janairun 1966 wanda ya kawo Manjo Janar Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi kan karagar mulki. Nan take magajinsa, Kanal Emeka Ojukwu, ya kori Ibiam daga gidan gwamnati da ke Enugu. Daga baya Emeka ya zama shugaban kasar Biafra.

Yakin Basasar Najeriya 
A lokacin yakin basasar Najeriya na 1967-1970, Ibiam ya taimaka wa masu fafutukar kafa kasar Biafra, yana taimakawa wajen samun kayan agaji ta hanyar abokan huldar cocinsa. A matsayinsa na shugabanni shida na Majalisar Ikklisiya ta Duniya (WCC), Ibiam ya yi magana a taron WCC a Uppsala, Sweden, a watan Yuli 1968 inda aka tattauna matsalar agaji ga 'yan gudun hijira.

Shi ma Cif Bola Ige, mai ba da shawara ga Cocin Lardin Afirka ta Yamma ya halarta, kuma ya tabbatar da cewa an kaucewa sunan "Biafra" a kudurin WCC, tun da hakan na nufin amincewa da jihar. Duk da haka, Ibiam ya taka rawar gani wajen ganin an fara kai daukin jiragen saman yakin Biafra da dare.

A shekarar 1969, ya zagaya kasar Canada domin yakar ayyukan jin kai da tallafawa al’ummar Biafra. Ibiam ya mayar da mukaminsa na karimci kuma ya yi watsi da sunansa na Ingilishi, Francis, don nuna adawa da goyon bayan gwamnatin Birtaniya ga gwamnatin tarayyar Najeriya.

Bayan Shekaru 
Bayan yakin, Ibiam ya ci gaba da aikin sake ginawa da hidimar asibiti. Ibiam shine ke da alhakin kungiyar Bible Society of Nigeria da kuma kungiyar likitocin Kirista. Ya zama shugaban taron Coci na Afirka duka.

Akanu Ibiam International Airport

Ibiam ya rasu a ranar 1 ga Yulin 1995. Sama da mutane 20,000 ne suka halarci jana'izar sa a Unwana.[11] An sanyawa filin jirgin sama na Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, Akanu Ibiam Federal Polytechnic, Unwana, Jihar Ebonyi, da Jami'ar Francis Akanu Ibiam Stadium of Nigeria, Nsukka sunansa.

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