Benson Abounu

Benson Abounu
Deputy Governor of Benue State (en) 2015 - 29 Mayu 2023 - Samuel Ode →
Rayuwa
Haihuwa	3 ga Yuli, 1949 (75 shekaru)
ƙasa	Najeriya
Karatu
Makaranta	Jami'ar Cranfield Jami'ar Ibadan
Harsuna	Turanci Pidgin na Najeriya
Sana'a
Sana'a	ɗan siyasa
Imani
Addini	Kiristanci
Jam'iyar siyasa	Peoples Democratic Party

Benson Abounu an haife shi a ranar 3 ga watan Yulin 1949) a Otukpo a jihar Benue. Ya zama mataimakin gwamnan jihar Benue, Najeriya An zabe shi a matsayin mataimakin Gwamnan jihar Benue Samuel L. Ortom a shekarar 2015 a karkashin jam’iyyar All Progressive Congress (APC). Injiniya ne, kuma ɗan siyasa wanda ya yi aiki a hukumomi daban-daban a ma'aikatun gwamnati da masu zaman kansu.

Karatu

Ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Methodist Upu-Icho a Otukpo, mahaifarsa, daga shekarar 1957 zuwa 1963. Ya wuce Kwalejin Gwamnati. Makurdi, inda ya yi tazarce, tsakanin 1964 zuwa 1966. Engr. Abounu ya koma Kwalejin Fasaha ta Gwamnati, Ilorin a 1967 kuma ya kammala O'levels a shekarar 1969.

Daga shekarar 1971 zuwa 1975, ya yi karatu a Kaduna Polytechnic Kaduna, kafin ya tafi kasar Ingila inda ya halarci Makarantar Sakandare. Jami'ar Cranfield, Bedford, Ingila, tsakanin shekarar 1976 zuwa ta 1978. A tsakanin shekarar 1980 zuwa ta 1984 ya kasance a Jami'ar Ibadan kafin ya wuce Ashridge Management College da ke Ingila don karatun digiri a 1989. Bayan nan Abounu yayi difloma a fannin injiniyan lantarki da da kuma babbar difloma ta ƙasa a fannin ininiyanci; Master of Science in industrial engineering and administration da kuma Master of Business Administration (MBA) kudi da gudanar da ayyuka.

Ayyuka

Daga shekarar 1975 zuwa ta 1976, ya yi aiki tare da John Holt Group, inda ya zama manaja-in-training zuwa production manager kafin ya koma Nigeria Breweries, Legas, inda ya zama manajan fasaha daga shekarar 1979 zuwa ta 1980. A Okin Bottling Company Ltd. Kaduna, ya kasance babban manaja daga shekarar 1982 zuwa ta 1988. Bayan haka, ya zama darakta na NAL Merchant Bank PLC, Legas, tsakanin 1986 zuwa 1990, daga karshe ya zama babban abokin tarayya, Abounu Benson and Company, injiniyan injiniyoyi da masu ba da shawara ga gudanarwar kamfani. A farkon shekarar 1990, an nada Abounu shi kadai a matsayin shugaba kuma babban jami’in gudanarwa na kamfanin hakar ma’adinai ta Najeriya da ke Jos, daga nan ne ya zama babban darakta a hukumar kula da ta Coal Corporation Najeriya da ke Enugu a tsakanin karshen 1990 zuwa 1991. Sunansa ya shahara a Jihar Binuwai lokacin da ya tsaya takarar gwamna a jam’iyyar SDP, sannan ya zama mai ba Gwamna Moses Adasu shawara na musamman daga 1992 zuwa 1993. Gwamna George Akume ya nada Abounu kwamishinan albarkatun ruwa da muhalli a shekarar 1999; ya sake nada shi kuma aka nada shi a ma’aikatar ma’adanai ta kasa, inda ya yi aiki daga watan Agusta 2003 zuwa Yuni, 2005. Ya shugabanci hukumar gidan talabijin ta Najeriya tsakanin 2009 zuwa 2011.

Siyasa

Abounu ya tsaya takara a zaɓen shekarar 2015 a matsayin mataimakin ɗan takarar gwamna na jam’iyyar All Progressives Congress (APC) a jihar Benue, Ɗan takara gwamnan Samuel Ortom ne yayi nasara a zaben Saboda haka, an rantsar da shi a matsayin mataimakin gwamnan jihar Benue a ranar 29 ga watan Mayun 2015. A shekarar 2018 ya koma tare da Gwamna Ortom zuwa jam'iyyar Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) kuma an sake zaben su a cikin watan Maris, 2019.