Rabi’u Musa Kwankwaso, FNSE, FNIQS an haife shi 21 Oktoba 1956 ɗan siyasan Najeriya ne wanda ya kasance gwamnan jihar Kano daga 1999 zuwa 2003 da 2011 zuwa 2015.
Bayan ya sha kaye a zaben 2003, an nada shi ministan tsaro na farko a jamhuriya ta hudu ba tare da wani tsohon soja ba daga 2003 zuwa 2007, karkashin gwamnatin tsohon shugaban kasa Olusegun Obasanjo.
Daga baya aka zabe shi a majalisar dattawa a shekarar 2015, inda ya yi wa’adi daya a karkashin jam’iyyar APC mai wakiltar mazabar Kano ta tsakiya.
A halin yanzu shi ne shugaban jam’iyyar New Nigeria Peoples Party na kasa, Kwankwaso yana samun goyon baya sosai a Kano da arewa maso yammacin Najeriya; an yi masa kallon mai kwarjini.
A shekarar 2011 aka sake zabar shi a matsayin gwamnan jihar sannan ya koma jam’iyyar APC a shekarar 2014, ashekarar 2015 Kwankwaso bai yi nasara a zaben fidda gwani na shugaban kasa a karkashin jam’iyyar adawa ta APC ba, amma Muhammad Buhari ya sha kaye.
A shekarar 2018, ya koma jam’iyyar People’s Democratic Party (PDP) inda ya fafata a zaben fidda gwani na shugaban kasa da ya sha kaye a hannun Atiku Abubakar. Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, an tabbatar da shi a matsayin dan takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) a zaben 2023.
Nasabarsa
An haifi Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso a ranar 21 ga Oktoba 1956 a Kano, ga dangin Fulanin Sunna na kabilar Fulani ta Genawa. Mahaifinsa ya rike mukamin Hakimin kauyen Kwankwaso da sarautar Sarkin Fulani Dagacin Kwankwaso kafin daga bisani masarautar Kano ta dauke shi Hakimin Madobi da mukamin Majidadin Kano, Hakimin Madobi a karkashin jagorancin Masarautar Kano. Sarkin Fulanin Kano na 13 Alhaji Ado Bayero CFR, LLD, JP.
Karatunsa
Ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Kwankwaso, Gwarzo Boarding Senior Primary School, Wudil Craft School da Kano Technical College kafin ya wuce Kaduna Polytechnic inda ya yi Diploma na kasa, da Diploma Higher National Diploma. Kwankwaso ya kasance shugaban dalibai mai himma a lokacin karatunsa kuma ya kasance zababben jami’in kungiyar daliban jihar Kano.
Ya kuma halarci karatun digiri na biyu a Burtaniya daga 1982 zuwa 1983 a Middlesex Polytechnic; da Jami’ar Fasaha ta Loughborough inda ya sami digiri na biyu a fannin injiniyan ruwa a shekarar 1985, ya kuma yi digirinsa na uku a fannin injiniyan ruwa a Jami’ar Sharda India, a shekarar 2022.
Fara aikinsa aikinsa a gwamnati
Kwankwaso ya shiga hukumar kula da albarkatun ruwa da injiniyoyi ta gwamnatin jihar Kano a shekarar 1975. Ya yi aiki na tsawon shekaru goma sha bakwai a wurare daban-daban, ya kuma kai matsayi na farko har ya zama babban injiniyan ruwa.
Shigarsa siyasa
A 1992, Kwankwaso ya shiga siyasa a dandalin jam’iyyar Social Democratic Party (SDP), Ya kasance dan jam’iyyar People’s Front ta SDP karkashin jagorancin Janar Shehu Yar’adua da wasu fitattun ‘yan siyasa irin su tsohon ubangidansa Sanata Magaji Abdullahi, Babagana Kingibe, Atiku Abubakar, Bola Tinubu, Tony Anenih, Chuba Okadigbo, Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila, Abubakar Koko da Lamidi Adedibu da sauransu.
A 1992, an zabi Kwankwaso a matsayin dan majalisar wakilai mai wakiltar mazabar Madobi ta tarayya. zaben da ya yi a matsayin mataimakin kakakin majalisa a majalisar ya sa shi a fagen siyasar kasa.
A lokacin taron tsarin mulki na 1995 an zabi Kwankwaso a matsayin daya daga cikin wakilai daga Kano, a matsayin dan jam’iyyar People’s Democratic Movement karkashin jagorancin ‘Yar’aduwa, daga baya ya koma jam’iyyar Dimokaradiyyar Najeriya (DPN) a cikin shirin mika mulki na Janar Sani Abacha.
Kwankwaso ya koma PDP ne a shekarar 1998 a karkashin jam’iyyar People’s Democratic Movement a Kano karkashin jagorancin Malam Musa Gwadabe da Sanata Hamisu Musa da Alhaji Abdullahi Aliyu Sumaila.
A shekarar 1999, ya yi takarar fidda gwani na jam’iyyar PDP tare da Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, Mukthari Zimit, Alhaji Kabiru Rabiu, Santsi/P.S.P. sun kasance bayan takarar Abdullahi Umar Ganduje amma sun sha kaye a hannun Kwankwaso a zaben fidda gwani.
zangon farko a matsayin gwamnan Kano
An zabi Kwankwaso ne a wa’adinsa na farko a matsayin gwamnan jihar Kano daga ranar 29 ga watan Mayun 1999 zuwa 29 ga watan Mayun 2003. Wa’adinsa na farko a matsayin gwamnan jihar Kano ya kasance mai ban sha’awa sosai saboda wasu kungiyoyi da ke adawa da manyan nasa. Gwamna da yunkurinsa na goyon bayan Shugaban Yarbawa Olusegun Obasanjo, a shekara ta 2003 ya sha kaye a hannun abokin hamayyarsa Malam Ibrahim Shekarau.
Wa’adi na biyu a matsayin gwamnan Kano
An sake zaben Kwankwaso a karo na biyu a matsayin gwamnan jihar Kano daga 29 ga Mayu 2011 zuwa 29 ga Mayu 2015.
A wannan lokacin ya tashi tsaye don sake fasalin tsarin siyasar Kwankwasiyya: gina hanyoyi, asibitoci da makarantu da tura mazauna kasashen waje karatu. A watan Agustan 2013, Kwankwaso yana cikin gwamnoni bakwai da suka kafa kungiyar G-7 a cikin jam’iyyar Peoples Democratic Party, a watan Nuwambar 2013, Kwankwaso tare da mambobin G-7 guda biyar sun sauya sheka zuwa sabuwar jam’iyyar adawa ta APC.
A watan Yunin 2014 Kwankwaso ya samu sabani da tsohon Sarkin Kano Ado Bayero kan nadin da ya yi wa Waziri (Vazier) na Majalisar Masarautar Kano. A ranar 6 ga watan Yunin 2014, Ado Bayero ya rasu kuma rikicin da ya barke ya kunno kai tsakanin ‘yan gidan sarauta, a ranar 8 ga watan Yunin 2014, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi ya dakatar da gwamnan babban bankin kasa sannan Dan Majen Kano (Dan Sarkin Maje) ya zama sabon Sarkin Kano.
Shigarsa ya haifar da zanga-zanga da yawa daga magoya bayan Sanusi Ado Bayero dan marigayi Sarki kuma Chiroman Kano (Mai sarauta), da zargin cewa Kwankwaso ya goyi bayan Sanusi saboda zaben shugaban kasa na 2015.
Yakin neman zabensa na shugaban kasa a 2015
A watan Oktobar 2014, Kwankwaso ya yi amfani da dimbin magoya bayansa na siyasa a Kano wajen tsayawa takarar shugaban kasa na jam’iyyar APC.
Sakamakon zaben fidda gwani na shugaban kasa da aka gudanar a Legas shi ne: Muhammadu Buhari da kuri’u 3,430, Kwankwaso ya samu kuri’u 974, Atiku Abubakar ya samu kuri’u 954, Rochas Okorocha ya samu kuri’u 400 da Sam Nda-Isiah da kuri’u 10. Wanda ya zo na biyu, Kwankwaso ya amince da wanda ya lashe zaben Muhammadu Buhari.
Ministan tsaro a 2003 – 2007
Daga 2003 zuwa 2007, majalisar ministoci ta biyu ta shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ta nada Kwankwaso a matsayin ministan tsaro, inda ya maye gurbin Theophilus Danjuma.
Zaben Gwamna na 2007
A shekarar 2007 Kwankwaso ya yi murabus daga mukaminsa na minista domin ya tsaya takarar gwamnan jihar Kano amma ya sha kaye saboda wata farar takarda ta gwamnati ta tuhume shi, daga baya Alhaji Ahmed Garba Bichi ya maye gurbinsa a matsayin dan takarar gwamna a jam’iyyar
. Bayan da jam’iyyarsa ta sha kaye a zaben 2007, shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo ya nada shi a matsayin manzon musamman a Somalia da Darfur; kuma daga baya shugaba Umaru ‘Yar’adua ya nada shi mamba a hukumar raya Neja-Delta, inda ya yi murabus a shekarar 2010.
Zabar sa a majalisar Dattawan Najeriya
Kwankwaso ya wakilci mazabar Kano ta tsakiya a majalisar dattawan Najeriya daga Mayu 2015 zuwa Mayu 2019.
yakin neman zaben shugaban kasa a 2019
A watan Yulin 2018, Kwankwaso tare da Sanatoci goma sha hudu na jam’iyyar APC sun sauya sheka zuwa jam’iyyar Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), a watan Oktoban 2018, Kwankwaso ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a PDP.
A zaben fidda gwanin takarar shugaban kasa da aka gudanar a Rivers, daga cikin ’yan takarar shugaban kasa goma sha biyu, Kwankwaso ya zo na hudu bayan Atiku Abubakar da kuri’u 1,532, Aminu Tambuwal ya samu kuri’u 693, Bukola Saraki ya samu kuri’u 317, Kwankwaso ya samu kuri’u 158. Daga baya Kwankwaso ya amince da wanda ya lashe zaben Atiku Abubakar, kuma ya ki ya sake neman takarar majalisar dattawa, inda Ibrahim Shekarau ya maye gurbinsa.
Kwankwaso ya yi kamfen sosai don ganin surukinsa Abba Kabir Yusuf ya zama gwamna a jihar Kano. Daga baya aka bayyana zaben bai kammalu ba domin goyon bayan mai ci Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.