An haifi Alhaji Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari a garin Shagari, jihar Sokoto, Najeriya ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1925, ga Magaji Aliyu da Mariamu. Kakansa Ahmadu Rufa’i ne ya kafa ƙauyen da dangin suka ɗauko sunansa. Wanda aka fi sani da Turaki na Daular Fula Sokoto, shi ne zababben shugaban Najeriya na farko ta hanyar dimokradiyya.
Shekarunsa
Shehu Shagari yana da shekaru 97 a duniya.
Farkon Rayuwarsa
An haife shi a gidan fulani mai auren mata da yawa, shi ne ɗa na shida da aka haifa a gidan. Tun yana ɗan shekara huɗu, an yi masa rajista a Makarantar Al-Qur’ani. Bayan haka, ya halarci makarantar firamare a garin Yabo tsakanin shekarar 1936 zuwa 1940, sannan ya halarci makarantar sakandare ta Sakkwato daga 1936 zuwa 1940, da Kwalejin Kaduna 1941 zuwa 1944, makarantar da aka kirkiro ta asali don zama kwalejin horar da malamai. Mahaifin Shagari manomi ne, dan kasuwa da kiwo. Duk da haka, saboda al’adun gargajiya da ke hana sarakuna shiga kasuwanci, Aliyu ya bar wani sha’awar kasuwancinsa lokacin da ya zama Magaji (basaraken ƙauye), ƙauyen Shagari. Aliyu ya rasu bayan shekara biyar da haihuwar Shagari, sai babban yayansa Bello, ya dauki rigar mahaifinsa a matsayin Magajin Shagari.
Sana’a
Shagari ya yi aiki a matsayin malami na dan lokaci kadan kafin ya shiga siyasa a shekarar 1951. A matsayinsa na daya daga cikin ‘yan arewa da suka nuna sha’awar siyasar kasa, ya tsaya takara a shekarar 1954, aka zabe shi a matsayin dan majalisar wakilai ta tarayya. Daga nan ya rike mukamai da dama kuma ya kasance memba a kowace gwamnati bayan Najeriya ta samu ‘yancin kai a 1960. Bayan juyin mulkin da sojoji suka yi a shekarar 1966 ya kawo karshen gwamnatin farar hula, ya yi ritaya zuwa garinsu. Janar Yakubu Gowon ya nada shi kwamishinan bunkasa tattalin arzikin tarayya a shekarar 1971, mukamin da ya karbi mulki daga hannun Cif Obafemi Awolowo. Ya fuskanci Awolowo a shekarar 1979 kuma ya kada shi da kyar a zaben shugaban kasa bayan da gwamnatin mulkin soja karkashin jagorancin Olusegun Obasanjo ta ba da damar komawa mulkin farar hula. Najeriya ta yi matukar girgiza sakamakon rikicin tattalin arzikin duniya a farkon shekarun 1980. Shagari ya dauki matakai da yawa don kokarin karfafa tattalin arziki – yanke kasafin kudi, kira a asusun bada lamuni na duniya, da korar baki miliyan biyu (mafi yawansu ‘yan Ghana) a 1983. Ya lashe zaben shugaban kasa da aka yi kaca-kaca da shi a shekarar 1983 karkashin jam’iyyar National Party of Nigeria ( NPP) tare da Dokta Alex Ekwueme a matsayin abokin takararsa. A lokacin mulkinsa, yanayin tattalin arziki da cin hanci da rashawa ya tabarbare a gwamnatinsa, kuma a ranar 31 ga Disamba, 1983, juyin mulkin soja karkashin jagorancin Manjo Janar Muhammad Buhari ya yi wa gwamnati, aka kama shi. Sai dai an wanke Shagari daga zargin cin hanci da rashawa kuma an sake shi daga tsare a 1986 amma an hana shi shiga harkokin siyasar Najeriya har abada. Canja wurin siyasa mai aiki zuwa zaman lafiya a Sakkwato ya yi wa Shagari sauki. Bai taba samun buguwa na mulki ba, kamar wasu takwarorinsa, kuma tawali’unsa da kyawawan halayensa sun dace da yanayin siyasarsa. A lokacin rikicin Boko Haram, yana daya daga cikin shugabannin Arewa da ake kira akai-akai da su kawo dauki a madadin kasar. Haka kuma an yi ta zage-zage da Shagari ya ceci Olusegun Obasanjo daga Majalisar Dokoki ta kasa ta tsige shi a wa’adinsa na uku. “Dole ne ya je ya kawo Shagari ya zo ya roke su a majalisar dokokin kasar don kada su yi haka,” in ji wani Sanata a shekarar 2015.
Mata da yara
A matsayinsa na musulmi, Shagari ya auri mata uku, wato Amina, Aishatu, Hadiza Shagari. Shiyana da ‘ya’ya da yawa da suka hada da, Muktar Shagari, Muhammad Bala Shagari, Aminu Shehu Shagari, da Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari. Yana kuma da jikoki daga cikinsu akwai Usman Shagari, Nana Shagari, da Lukman Shagari. Matarsa, Aisha Shagari, ta rasu ranar 24 ga Agusta, 2001, a wani asibiti a Landan bayan gajeriyar rashin lafiya. Yana da shekaru 93 a duniya, a halin yanzu shi ne tsohon shugaban Najeriya mafi tsufa a duniya.
Kyaututtuka
A matsayinsa na tsohon shugaban Najeriya, Shagari yana rike da babban kwamandan oda na Tarayyar Tarayya (GCFR).
Arzikinsa
Shahararren Jagoran Duniya ne, an haife shi a ranar 25 ga Fabrairu, 1925 a Najeriya. Ya zuwa watan Disamba 2022, dukiyar Shehu Shagari ta kai dala miliyan 5.
