Alhaji Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya fitaccen mai zanen taswirar gine-gine ne, tsohon Gwamnan Jihar Kano, sannan tsohon ɗan Majalisar Dattawan Tarayyar Najeriya mai wakiltar Kano ta Kudu. Shi ne Gwamnan Jihar Kano na 11, inda ya jagoranci jihar daga shekarar 1992 zuwa 1993.
An haife shi a ranar 16 ga Yuni, 1952, a unguwar Alkala da ke Gaya, a lokacin tana ƙarƙashin ƙaramar hukumar Gaya. Mahaifinsa shi ne Magajin Garin Gaya, Sani.
Karatunsa:
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya fara karatunsa a Makarantar Firamare ta Gaya (Gaya Primary School) daga shekarar 1961 zuwa 1964.
Daga nan ya ci gaba da karatu a Makarantar Firamare ta Tsangaya, wadda a wancan lokaci take ƙarƙashin ƙaramar hukumar Bichi, daga shekarar 1964 zuwa 1968. A lokacin karatunsa a Tsangaya, babban ɗan’uwansa shi ne shugaban makarantar, yayin da Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila yake mataimakin shugaban makarantar kuma yana koyar da shi lissafi.
Bayan ya kammala makarantar firamare, ya wuce Kwalejin Gwamnati ta Birnin Kudu (Government College Birnin Kudu), wadda a yau take cikin Jihar Jigawa.
Daga Birnin Kudu ya koma Kwalejin Babban Karatu ta Kano (College of Advanced Studies), wadda daga baya ta koma Kwalejin Fasaha, Kimiyya da Karatun Share Fagen Jami’a (College of Arts, Science and Remedial Studies – CAS).
A shekarar 1975 ya shiga Jami’ar Ahmadu Bello da ke Zariya, inda ya karanci fannin zanen gine-gine (Architecture). Ya samu digirinsa na farko da na biyu a wannan fanni tsakanin shekarar 1975 zuwa 1979.
Farkon Aikinsa:
Bayan kammala karatunsa, Alhaji Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya fara aiki a matsayin malami a Kano State Polytechnic.
Daga nan ya koma Hukumar Albarkatun Ruwa da Ayyukan Injiniya ta Jihar Kano, inda ya yi aiki a matsayin babban mai zanen gine-gine.
Daga baya ya yi aiki a Ma’aikatar Aikin Gona, inda ya kasance jami’i mai kula da kayan aiki, tare da sa ido kan harkokin dajin Falgore.
Bayan ya bar aikin gwamnati, an naɗa shi mamba a hukumar Tsare-tsare da Kare Muhalli ta Jihar Kano (Kano State Environmental Planning and Protection Agency).
Farkon Shigarsa Siyasa:
Alhaji Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya kasance ɗan Jam’iyyar National Party of Nigeria (NPN) a lokacin Jamhuriyar Nijeriya ta Biyu.
A shekarar 1992, lokacin da aka fara shirye-shiryen komawa tsarin Jamhuriya ta Uku, ya shiga Jam’iyyar National Republican Convention (NRC).
A ƙarƙashin tutar NRC ne aka zaɓe shi a matsayin Gwamnan Jihar Kano a shekarar 1992.
Zama Gwamnan Jihar Kano:
A shekarar 1992, an zaɓi Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya a matsayin Gwamnan Jihar Kano ƙarƙashin jam’iyyar NRC.
Ya zama Gwamnan Jihar Kano na 11, kuma ya jagoranci jihar a tsakanin 1992 zuwa 1993.
Duk da cewa lokacin da ya yi a matsayin gwamna bai daɗe ba, gwamnatinsa ta gudanar da wasu ayyuka da dama, musamman wajen kammala ayyukan da aka fara kafin zuwansa.
Daga cikin ayyukan da aka danganta da gwamnatinsa akwai:
Kammala aikin gina Asibitin ƙiru da Shanono.
Samar da motocin sufuri 100 ga hukumar sufuri ta Jihar Kano. Daga cikinsu an bai wa Kano Line motoci 32, yayin da aka raba sauran 68 ga ɗaiɗaikun mutane bisa tsarin biyan kuɗi a hankali.
Kammala ginin Makarantun Kimiyya na ‘Yan Mata da ke ƙiru da Garko tare da tabbatar da fara amfani da su.
Kammala ginin asibitin dabbobi guda biyu, ɗaya a Tudun Wada, ɗayan kuma a Dawakin Kudu.
Kammala aikin ƙananan tituna guda 129, waɗanda jimillar tsawonsu ya kai kimanin kilomita 2,158, ƙarƙashin Hukumar DFFRI.
Kammala ayyukan samar da rijiyoyi da burtsatse guda 720.
Kammala aikin samar da ƙaramar tashar talabijin ta Kano ƙarƙashin KBC, inda aka samar da tashoshin CTV 67 da CTV 2.
Wannan ya nuna cewa, duk da gajeren lokacin da gwamnatinsa ta yi, ta yi ƙoƙarin ci gaba da wasu ayyukan raya jihar da aka fara a baya.
Bayan Gwamna:
Bayan barin kujerar gwamna, Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya ci gaba da harkokin siyasa.
A shekarar 1997, lokacin da aka sake fara shirye-shiryen komawa mulkin farar hula a zamanin Janar Sani Abacha, ya shiga Jam’iyyar United Nigeria Congress Party (UNCP), inda ya kasance mamba a kwamitin koli na jam’iyyar.
A shekarar 2003, ya tsaya takarar Gwamnan Jihar Kano a ƙarƙashin Jam’iyyar National Democratic Party (NDP).
Zama Sanata:
A shekarar 2007, an zaɓi Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya a matsayin Sanata mai wakiltar Kano ta Kudu a Majalisar Dattawan Tarayyar Nijeriya.
A Majalisar Dattawa ya yi aiki a kwamitoci daban-daban, ciki har da:
Kwamitin Gas.
Kwamitin Bashi na Cikin Gida da na ƙasashen Waje.
Kwamitin Jihohi da ƙananan Hukumomi.
Kwamitin Albarkatun Man Fetur na Sama.
Kwamitin Ayyukan Gine-gine.
A shekarar 2007 zuwa 2011, ya kasance Mataimakin Bulala na ‘Yan Adawar Majalisar Dattawa (Deputy Minority Whip).
An sake zaɓensa a matsayin Sanata a zaɓukan shekarun 2011, 2015 da 2019, inda ya ci gaba da wakiltar Kano ta Kudu.
ƙudirori da Motsin Majalisar Dattawa:
A lokacin da yake Sanata, ya shiga cikin gabatarwa da tallafa wa wasu ƙudirori da motsin Majalisar Dattawa, daga ciki akwai:
ƙudirin Kafa Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Tarayya a Rano, Jihar Kano, na shekarar 2019.
ƙudirin Kafa Rundunar Jiragen Ruwa ta ‘Yan Kasuwa, Masu Tsaron Teku da Rundunar Tsaro, na shekarar 2020.
ƙudirin Kafa Asusun Kula da Hanyoyin Nijeriya, na shekarar 2019.
ƙudirin Gudanarwa da Rikon Amana na Kuɗaɗen Gwamnati, na shekarar 2009.
ƙudirin Hukumar Raya ƙarni (Millennium Development Agency), na shekarar 2009.
Ayyukan Mazaɓar Kano ta Kudu:
A matsayinsa na Sanata, an gudanar da ayyukan raya ƙasa da dama a mazabar Kano ta Kudu, wadda ta ƙunshi ƙananan hukumomi 16.
Daga cikin ayyukan da aka danganta da ƙoƙarinsa akwai samar da ayyukan more rayuwa sama da 60, ciki har da:
Gina azuzuwan makarantu.
Gina cibiyoyin kula da lafiya na matakin farko.
Samar da wutar lantarki a yankunan karkara.
Hako rijiyoyin burtsatse masu amfani da injina.
Samar da ayyukan yi ga matasa.
Sauran ayyukan raya al’umma.
Matsayinsa a ƙungiyar Majalisar Dokokin Duniya
A watan Oktoban shekarar 2016, an zaɓi Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya a matsayin Mataimakin Shugaban ƙungiyar Majalisar Dokokin Duniya (Inter-Parliamentary Union – IPU) mai kula da Afirka, a babban taron ƙungiyar karo na 135 da aka gudanar a Geneva, Switzerland.
ƙungiyoyi da Girmamawa
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya mamba ne a ƙungiyar Masu Zanen Gine-gine ta Nijeriya (Nigerian Institute of Architects), sannan yana cikin ƙungiyar Manyan Manoman Nijeriya (Nigerian Large Scale Farmers Association).
An kuma ba shi digirin girmamawa na Dakta (Doctorate Degree) daga Jami’ar Kimiyya da Gudanarwa ta Porto-Novo, Benin.
Barin Kujerar Gwamna:
Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya bar kujerar Gwamnan Jihar Kano a shekarar 1993, bayan kawo ƙarshen tsarin Jamhuriya ta Uku da gwamnatin Janar Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida ta yi.
Duk da cewa mulkinsa ya kasance na ɗan lokaci, ya bar tarihi musamman wajen kammala wasu ayyukan raya jihar da aka riga aka fara.
Kammalawa
Alhaji Kabiru Ibrahim Gaya ya kasance ɗaya daga cikin mutanen da suka haɗa ilimin zanen gine-gine, aikin gwamnati da siyasa. Daga malami da babban mai zanen gine-gine, ya zama Gwamnan Jihar Kano, daga bisani kuma ya shafe shekaru yana wakiltar Kano ta Kudu a Majalisar Dattawan Nijeriya.
Allah Ya ƙara masa lafiya, Ya tsawaita kwanakinsa cikin alheri da zaman lafiya.
