Abdu Gusau
Abdu Gusau, Garkuwan Sokoto, MBE, OON (1918-1994), was a Nigerian civil engineer, and statesman  who serve as Garkuwa of Sokoto until his death in 1994. Ya kasance Babban Injiniyan Gidaje na Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya daga 1967 zuwa 1972 inda ya ke kula da gine-gine da suka hada da gine-gine (na zane da gine-gine) da hanyoyin sadarwa na harabar da kuma samar da ruwa. Gusau ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin babban injiniya tare da Taylor Woodrow na Landan inda ya yi aikin gina tashar jirgin saman Heathrow ta London .

Gusau ya kasance kwamishinan farar hula na jaha ta Arewa maso yammacin Najeriya a yanzu daga 1972 zuwa 1975.

Tarihin Rayuwa 
An haife shi a ranar 15 ga Yuli 1918 a garin Gusau a jihar Zamfara a yau.

Ilimi na farko 
Ya yi makarantar firamare a Gusau daga shekara ta 1927 zuwa shekara ta 1930 sannan ya wuce makarantar sakandare a Sakkwato daga shekara ta 1930 zuwa shekara ta 1935.

Sakandare da ilimi mai zurfi 
Daga baya Alhaji Gusau ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Katsina ( Barewa College, Zaria) daga 1935 zuwa 1939. Daga nan ya yi digirinsa a Yaba high college domin kara karatu a Legas daga 1946 zuwa shekara ta 1947.

A shekara ta 1947, Alhaji Gusau ya samu gurbin karatu a kwalejin fasaha ta Acton ( Jami'ar Brunel a yanzu) da ke Landan, sannan ya sami HND a fannin injiniyan injiniya a Woolwich Polytechnic ( Jami'ar Greenwich a yanzu; 1948-1951).

Sana'a 
Alhaji Gusau ya fara aiki ne a ma’aikatan gwamnati a lokacin da ya shiga sashin ayyuka na karamar hukumar Sokoto a matsayin karamin ma’aikacin fasaha a watan Nuwamban shekara ta 1939. A lokacin da ya ke can, an ba shi karin girma kuma aka nada shi a matsayin jami’in “wakilin ayukka” mai kula da gine-gine a jirgin sama na Gusau . Bayan dawowarsa daga kasar Birtaniya karatu a shekarar 1951, Alhaji Gusau ya koma sashin ayyuka na kananan hukumomin Sokoto a takaice, daga nan ya koma aiki da Taylor Woodrow Construction. Ya kasance wani ɓangare na ƙungiyar injiniyoyi waɗanda suka gina tashar tashar jirgin sama ta Heathrow ta London a cikin 1953. A shekarar 1955 aka nada shi zama injiniyan karamar hukumar Sokoto inda yake kula da dukkan gine-gine da tituna a masarautar. Ya kasance Babban Injiniyan Gidaje na Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya daga 1967 zuwa 1972 inda ya ke kula da gine-gine da suka hada da gine-gine (na zane da gine-gine) da hanyoyin sadarwa na harabar jami’ar da samar da ruwa; a shekarar 1972 aka nada shi kwamishinan farar hula na jihar Arewa maso yamma mai kula da dukkan ayyukan gwamnati a yankin.

Alhaji Gusau ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin mamba a kwamitin gudanarwa da dama:

Kyaututtuka da karramawa 
Sarauniya Elizabeth ta biyu ta ba Alhaji Gusau lambar yabo ta ‘The most great order of the British Empire’ ( MBE ) award a 1959 (wanda aka ba shi a shekara ta 1961),  da Order of the Niger (OON) award a shekara ta 1964. Sarkin Musulmi ya nada shi ‘Garkuwan sokoto’ a ranar 18 ga Maris, na shekara ta 1973.

Dangantaka da Sardauna Ahmadu Bello 
An nada Sir Ahmadu Bello a matsayin malami a makarantar sakandire ta Sokoto bayan ya kammala kwalejin Katsina.  Gusau yana cikin dalibansa da dama da yake yi musu jagora, kuma ya ci gaba da kulla alaka da su har tsawon rayuwarsa. Sun ma kara kusanci a lokacin Sardauna a Gusau inda ya taimaka masa ya samu gurbin karatu a Woolwich Polytechnic a shekarar 1947. Bayan ya dawo Sokoto bayan ganawarsa da Taylor Woodrow, Sardauna ya bukaci Abdu Gusau ya zauna a Sakkwato, ya taimaka wajen kula da ci gabanta cikin gaggawa maimakon ya hada shi da shi a Kaduna (Bello ministan ayyuka a lokacin).  Abdu Gusau zai ci gaba da taimaka wa Sardauna da ayyukan gine-ginen da ya yi, na gwamnati da na sirri.

Gado 
Sunan shi Abdu Gusau Polytechnic da ke jihar Zamfara.

Rayuwa ta sirri da mutuwa 
Gusau musulmin sunna ne mai ra'ayin mazan jiya kuma ya auri mata uku. Ya bar ‘ya’ya 26 da jikoki da dama. Ya rasu ne a ranar 4 ga watan Nuwamban shekarar 1994 yana da shekaru 76 a garin Ilorin na jihar Kwara Najeriya.

Hotuna

Duba kuma 

 Ahmadu Bello
 Siddiq Abubakar III
 Hassan Katsina
 Usman Faruk
 Umar Mohammed

Manazarta 

Hausawa
Haifaffun 1918
Shafuka masu fassarorin da ba'a duba ba