Christopher Okojie

Christopher G Okojie OFR DSc (1920-2006) likita ne Na Najeriya, ɗan siyasa, mai gudanarwa kuma masanin tarihi. An haife shi a Ugboha, a jihar Edo ta yanzu, Najeriya. Ya kasance shugaban Majalisar Dokokin Yankin Mid-West daga shekarun 1964 zuwa 1966. Ya kasance tsohon Ministan Lafiya na Tarayyar Najeriya (1992) kuma shugaban kungiyar likitocin Najeriya (1974-1975). A matsayinsa na minista, ya taimaka wajen gabatar da Shirin Lafiya na Kasa. Ya mutu a ranar 7 ga watan Oktoba, 2006, yana da shekaru 86. A lokacin da yake minista, ya sami damar kawo hanyoyi da ruwa ga mutanen Esan.

Ya kasance Fellow na Kwalejin Kiwon Lafiya ta Kasa ta Najeriya (2002), Fellow na Kolejin Likitoci na Duniya kuma memba na Majalisar Jama'a ta New York. A shekara ta 1964, don nuna godiya ga ayyukan da ya yi wa al'ummar, an saka hannun jari Okojie tare da girmamawa ta kasa na Jami'in Order of the Federal Republic (OFR).

Ayyuka

Dokta Christopher Gbelokoto Okojie ya bar Ma'aikatar mulkin mallaka don yin aiki tsakanin mutanensa, talakawa na karkara na Ishan (Esan) Division na Jihar Edo ta yanzu. Ya koma gundumar asalinsa kuma ya fara Asibiti tunawa da Zuma a ranar 27 ga watan Maris, 1950, wani sabis na sirri wanda ya yi ƙoƙarin kara ayyukan kiwon lafiya marasa isasshen a ƙasar Esan. Baya ga aikinsa a matsayin likita, Okojie ya shafe wani bangare mai mahimmanci na lokacinsa yana bincike da rubuce-rubuce na tarihin Esan, dokoki da al'adu. A shekara ta 1960, ya wallafa wani cikakken bincike kan tarihin Esan, Dokokin Indiya da Al'adu: Tare da Nazarin Ethnological na mutanen Esan. Ya yi aiki mai tsawo kuma mai ban sha'awa kuma ya ci gaba da kula da marasa lafiya lokacin da yake da shekaru 85.

Rayuwa ta sirri

Ya auri Olayemi Phillips, kuma suna da 'ya'ya bakwai. Yaran su sun hada da 'ya'ya mata: Oseyi Oigboke, Anehita Akinsanya, Adesua Ilegbodu da Ebemeata Ani-Otoibhi da' ya'ya maza: Isi Okojie, da tagwaye Ihimire Okojie da Ehidiamen Okojie (wanda ya mutu a watan Disamba na shekara ta 2009). Ya mallaki kuma ya zauna a cikin babban gida, Zuma Memorial, a Jihar Irrua Edo wanda ya ƙunshi gidansa, asibiti (Zuma Memorial Hospital), gidan marayu da masauki ga ma'aikatan kiwon lafiya da na gida.