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Da jimamin bakin ciki muke sanar da rasuwar Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi, Maradin Katsina kuma Hakimin Kurfi, wanda ya sadaukar da rayuwarsa wajen yi wa al’umma da ƙasa hidima. An haifi Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi a watan Afrilu na 1930 Ɗa Maradi Aliyu II, wanda ya yi mulkin Kurfi daga 1915 zuwa 1964, da Amina Muhammadu Dikko, zuriyar Sarkin Katsina. A duk tsawon rayuwarsa, Alhaji Ahmadu ya zama misalin shugabanci, sadaukarwa, da hangen nesa.  

Farkon Rayuwa da Ilimi

Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi ya fara karatunsa a Central Elementary School, Katsina, a shekarar 1941, daga bisani ya shiga Middle School daga 1944 zuwa 1947. Ya ci gaba da karatu a Barewa College, Zaria, daga 1947 zuwa 1950. A shekarar 1953, ya samu Takardar Shaida ta Malanta (Teacher Grade I Certificate) daga Higher Elementary Training College, kafin ya tafi Burtaniya. A Jami’ar Hull, ya kammala digirinsa a fannin Tattalin Arziki a 1958, wanda ya zama tubalin babban aikinsa.  

Gwarzo a Ayyukan Gwamnati

 

Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi ya fara aikinsa a matsayin malami a shekarar 1951. Bayan dawowarsa daga Burtaniya a 1958, ya yi aiki a matsayin Mataimakin Ma’aikacin Gunduma (Assistant District Officer) a Abuja karkashin Gwamnatin Arewa. Daga nan ya koma Ma’aikatar Tsaro ta Tarayya, inda ya kai matsayin Mataimakin Sakatare Dindindin.  

Daga shekarar 1966, ya rike manyan mukamai, ciki har da Sakatare na Hukumar Tallafin Kasuwanci ta Arewa (Northern Nigerian Marketing Board), Sakatare na Hukumar Zaben Tarayya (FEDECO), da Sakatare Dindindin na Ma’aikatar Tsaro ta Tarayya. A tsawon shekara 35 na hidimarsa, ya kafa tarihi mai kyau na gaskiya da gina ƙasa, har ya yi ritaya a 1986.  

Shugabanci a Matsayin Hakimin Kurfi

  

A shekarar 1992, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi ya zama Hakimin Kurfi na farko, mukamin da ya riƙe har zuwa rasuwarsa. A lokacin mulkinsa, an samu ci gaba sosai a Kurfi, ciki har da kafa makarantu, inganta samar da ruwan sha, da gina manyan tituna. Jagorancinsa ya kawo bunƙasa da haɗin kai a tsakanin mutanensa.  

Gudunmowa ga Adabi da Noma

Bayan aikin gwamnati, Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi ya kasance marubuci, inda ya rubuta littafin “Election Contest: Candidates’ Companion” tare da bayar da gudunmowa a jaridu da mujallu daban-daban. A matsayin manomi kuma ɗan kasuwa, ya rungumi noman kayan abinci kuma ya kasance darekta a Kurfi Brothers Ltd., wanda ya tallafa wa ci gaban tattalin arzikin yankinsa.  

Tarihin Nasarori

A karkashin mulkin zuriyar Maradi, an samu nasarori da dama a Kurfi, ciki har da kafa makarantar firamare ta farko, masallacin Juma’a, da samar da ruwan sha. Alhaji Ahmadu ya ci gaba da wannan gado ta hanyar ayyuka kamar gina sakatariyar karamar hukuma, kafa cibiyoyin karatu, da samar da ruwan sha mai tsafta.  

Jagoran Al’umma Mai Daraja

Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi ya kasance ba wai kawai basarake mai daraja ba, har ma da hasken fata ga mutanensa. Fadarsa ta kasance wajen samun mafaka, adalci, da tausayi ga al’umma.  

Kammalawa

  

Rasuwar Alhaji Ahmadu Kurfi babban rashi ne ba kawai ga Kurfi ba, har ma ga ƙasa baki ɗaya. Ya kasance shugaba mai hangen nesa, ma’aikacin gwamnati mai sadaukarwa, basarake mai tausayi, wanda tarihi zai ci gaba da tunawa da shi.  

Allah ya jikansa da rahama, ya kuma bai wa iyalansa da mutanen Kurfi ɗorewar zaman lafiya da ƙwarin guiwa akan gagarumar gudunmowarsa a rayuwa.  

An ciro daga littafin “History of Kurfi Local Government Area and The Life of Its People: Yesterday and Today” wanda M.A Kurfi ya rubuta.