Sofolahan Josiah Sawyerr
 Sofolahan Josiah Sawyerr | |
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| Rayuwa | |
| Haihuwa | 1877 |
| Mutuwa | 1919 |
| Sana'a | |
| Sana'a | ɗan siyasa |
Sofolahan Josiah Sawyerr Esq. (1877 - 8 ga Agusta 1919) kuma aka sani da S.J. Sawyerr dan asalin Saro ne kuma dan Najeriya ne, dan majalisa, kuma mai bayar da agaji. Ya shahara da shiga cikin kwamitoci da kungiyoyi daban-daban, wanda ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga al'umma da ci gaban Legas a karshen shekarun karni na 19.
Sana'a da gudummawa
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sawyerr dan kungiyar Roman Katolika ne a Legas. Ya zauna ne a Gidan Kwakwa na yankin Ereko, wanda a lokacin ake kira Garin Legas ko Legas Colony, yanzu Legas Island. Sawyerr ya halarci taron jama'a a Cocin Holy Cross, wanda yanzu ake kira Holy Cross Cathedral, Legas.[1] A matsayinsa na memba, ya kasance wani ɓangare na wakilai wanda ya ba da adireshin taya murna ga Rev. Father Ferdinand Terrien bisa nadinsa a matsayin Bishop-Elect of James Gordo da Vicar Apostolic na gabar tekun Benin, a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 1912. S.J. Sawyerr kuma ya kasance memba na L.A.A.S.A.P.S. da Kungiyar Gyarawa tsakanin 1914 zuwa 1917.[2]
Sawyerr ya rike mukamai masu mahimmanci da yawa. Ya kasance Mataimakin Shugaban Hukumar Agaji na Legas (Kariyar Bauta da Aborigines) a cikin Disamba 1915[3] da Babban Ma'aji na Asusun Tunawa da Blyden a 1915. Ya kasance mamba mara hukuma na Majalisar Garin Legas, wanda aka nada a 1917 a matsayin memba na A.G. kansila, wadda a da ake kira Hukumar Lafiya ta Municipal na Legas.
Ayyukansa na taimakon jama'a sun haɗa da kasancewa mai ba da gudummawa ga Asusun Jirgin Sama na Najeriya a cikin Oktoba 1916, mai ba da gudummawa ga Ƙungiyar Ƙasashen waje (Oxford Fund - Nigeria Regiment W.A.F.F.) a cikin Afrilu 1917, [8] da kuma mai ba da gudummawa ga Asusun Gina Cocin St. Mark a Legas. Ya kasance mamba mara hukuma na Majalisar Dokoki a Gidan Gwamnati (18 ga Oktoba, 1910), lokacin rashin hutun Obadiah Johnson.[4]
Rayuwa ta sirri
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]An san Sawyerr yana cikin da'irar abokantaka tare da fitattun mutane irin su Sir Kitoyi Ajasa, Orisadipe Obasa, James Churchill Vaughan, Oguntola Sapara, Samuel Herbert Pearse, da Eric Olaolu Moore. An kuma san shi da salon rayuwa mai daɗi, gami da bushewa da wanke tufafinsa a cikin jiragen ruwa na Biritaniya da ke kan gabar tekun Afirka ta Yamma.[5]
Mutuwa da gado
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]Sawyerr ya rasu a ranar 8 ga Agusta, 1919, a gidansa na Ereko.[6]
Manazarta
[gyara sashe | gyara masomin]- ↑ Holy Cross Cathedral – Loving Lagos". Retrieved 2024-06-12.
- ↑ Elaigwu, J. Isawa; Erim, E. O. (1996). Foundations of Nigerian Federalism: 1900–1960. National Council on Intergovernmental Relations. ISBN 978-978-2217-00-4. p. 205
- ↑ British and Foreign Anti-slavery Reporter...under the Sanction of the British and Foreign Anti Slavery Society. Anti-Slavery Society for the Protection of Human Rights. 1969. p. 11
- ↑ Sawada, Nozomi (July 2012). The educated elite and associational life in early Lagos newspapers: in search of unity for the progress of society (Thesis). p. 48
- ↑ Wedding: Gertrude Ọlájùmọ̀kẹ́ Ẹdun & Ọláyímiká / Oláyínká Alákijà Esq. | Conversations with The Facade Nigeria. 2021-10-14. Retrieved 2024-06-11 – via shows.acast.com.
- ↑ Buy The Façade Nigeria Periodical (October 2023) by Kelechi Anabaraonye on Selar.co". Selar. Retrieved 2024-06-11.