UMAR MUSA 'YAR-ADUA

Umaru Musa Yar'Adua
Shi dai marigayi Malam Umaru Babangida
Musa 'Yar'Adua, an haifeshi ne a ranar 16
ga watan Augustan 1951 a birnin Katsina
dake arewacin Najeriya. Mahaifinsa shine
tsohon ministan birnin Lagos na farko a
jamhuriya ta farko, kuma kafin ya rasu
shine Matawallen Katsina, sarautar da
kuma shi ma marigayi Umaru Musa
'Yar'Adua ya gada.
Marigayin ya fara makarantar Firamare ta
Rafukka a 1958 kafin a mayar da shi
makarantar Firamare ta kwana dake
Dutsen Ma a 1962. Ya kuma halarci
kwalejin gwamnati dake Keffi daga 1965
zuwa 1969. Sai kwalejin Barewa 1971,
inda ya samu takardar shedar karatu ta
HSC.
Tsohon shugaba 'Yar'Adua ya halarci
Jami'ar Ahmadu Bello dake Zariya daga
1972 zuwa 1978 inda ya samu takardar
shedar digiri akan kimiyyar haɗa sinadirai
ko Chemistry da Malanta, kafin ya koma
domin samun babban digiri duk dai akan
kimiyyar ta Chemistry. Marigayin yayi bautar
ƙasa a jihar Lagos inda ya koyar a wata
makaranta da ake kira Holy Trinity daga
1975-1976.
Bayan da ya kammala aikin yiwa ƙasa
hidima ya fara aikin Malanta gadan-gadan
a kwalejin share fagen shiga jami'a da ake
kira CAST dake Zariya a tsakanin 1976
zuwa 1979. A shekarar 1983 marigayi
Malam Umaru Musa 'Yar'adua ya bar aikin
Malanta ya fara aiki da Gonar Sambo Farms
a Funtua dake jihar Katsina inda ya zama
GM daga 1983-1989.
Daga shekarar 1984 bayan da Sojojin
sukayi juyin mulki malam Umaru Musa
'Yar'adua an kira shi domin zama wakili a
hukumar gudanarwar kanfanoni da
hukumomin gwamnati da dama da suka
haɗa da hukumar samar da kayan Noma
da kwalejin kimiyya da fasaha ta jihar
katsina, Bankin Habib da Hamada Carpets
da Madara Limited da kuma kanfanin buga
Jaridu da Mujalla ta The Nation wanda ke
kaduna kuma wansa Marigayi Janar Shehu
Musa 'Yar'Adua ya mallaka.
A lokacin da marigayi Malam Umaru Musa
'Yar'Adua ya shiga siyasa ya yi hannun riga
da mahaifinsa wanda a wancan lokaci yake
mataimakin shugaban Jam'iyar NPN, inda
shi kuma ya zama wakili a jam'iyar PRP ta
Malam Aminu Kano mai adawa da NPN. A
lokacin da Janar Babangida ya kaɗa gangar
siyasa ya zama sakataren jam'iyar SDP a
jihar ta Katsina kuma ɗan takararta na
gwamna, amma kuma ɗan takarar
jami'iyar NRC na wancan lokaci Malam
Saidu Barda ya kada shi. To sai dai a 1999
Malam Umaru Musa 'Yar'Adua ya tsaya
takakarar muƙamin gwamnan jihar ta
Katsina kuma ya samu nasara a ƙarƙashin
jam'iyar PDP, haka kuma ya sake nasara a
zaɓen 2003.
A shekarar 2007 Umaru Musa 'Yar'Adua ya
zama ɗan takakar muƙamin shugaban
ƙasa na Jam'iyar PDP bayan ya samu
taimakon tsohon shugaban ƙasa Cif
Olusegun Obasanjo ya zama shugaban
ƙasa a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun 2007.
To sai dai rashin lafiya da tsohon shugaban
yayi fama da ita ta sanya bai samu sukunin
gudanar da harkokin mulki kamar yadda
yayi fata ba musanman ƙudirorinsa guda
bakwai daya tsara na ciyar da ƙasar gaba
kafin nan da ƙarni ta 2020.
Marigayi Malam Umaru Musa 'Yar'Adua ya
rasu a ranar 5 ga watan Mayun shekara ta
2010 da muke ciki a fadar gwamnati dake
Abuja watanni biyu bayan komowarsa gida
daga Saudiya inda yake jinya.
Ya kuma rasu ya bar mahaifiyarsa da
'yan'uwa da matar aure guda Hajiya Turai
tare da 'ya'ya bakwai da ya haifa da ita da
suka haɗa da mata biyar da maza biyu.
Haka kuma yana da wasu 'ya'ya biyu maza
da matarsa ta biyu Hajiya Hauwa Umar
Radda.