Cif Samuel Oluyemisi Falae// i CFR (an haife shi a ranar 21 ga Satumba 1938), ɗan bankin Najeriya ne, mai gudanarwa kuma ɗan siyasa, ya kasance sakatare ga gwamnatin soja ta Ibrahim Babangida daga Janairu 1986 zuwa Disamba 1990, kuma ya kasance Ministan Kudi a takaice a 1990. Ya tsaya takarar shugaban kasa a jamhuriya Na Uku da ta huɗu ta Najeriya.
An haifi Falae ga iyalan Cif Joshua Alekete Falae da Abigail Aina Falae a ranar 21 ga Satumba, 1938, a Ilu-Abo, Akure. Asalin Joshua Falae mutumin Akure ne amma saboda damar noman koko, dangin Falae da wasu ƴan asalin Akure sun ƙaura zuwa wani wuri kusa da ake kira Ago-Abo – wanda aka fi sani da Ilu Abo – inda suka zauna a matsayin majagaba. Daga baya aka nada mahaifin Falae sarkin kauyen Ago-Abo. An haifi Mahaifiyar Falae kuma ta girma a kauyen Igbara-Oke kuma ta rasu a lokacin haihuwa a shekarar 1946 lokacin Falae yana da shekaru 8. Daga nan mahaifinsa da kakarsa mai suna Cif Osanyintuke Falae (née Adedipe) ta kasance jikanyar uwa. na Deji Osupa na Akure kuma diyar Elemo na Akure, Cif Adedipe Oporua Atoosin (shi kansa jikan Deji Arakale na Akure, mahaifin Osupa). Falae ya halarci makarantar firamare ta Anglican a Akure inda ya hadu da matarsa Rachael Olatubosun Fashoranti, kanwar shugaban Afenifere, Reuben Fashoranti. Bayan kammala karatunsa na firamare, ya zana jarrabawar shiga kwalejin Igbobi inda aka karbe shi a shekarar 1953. Bayan kammala karatunsa a Igbobi ya ci gaba da kammala karatunsa na Sakandare a Kwalejin Gwamnati da ke Ibadan a shekarar 1958, sannan ya zama malami a Makarantar Grammar Oyemekun. Akure. Ya halarci Jami'ar Ibadan inda ya yi karatun digirinsa na farko inda ya samu digiri a fannin tattalin arziki, daga nan ya samu digiri na biyu a Jami'ar Yale da ke Amurka. A Jami’ar Ibadan, ya wakilci zauren gidansa a Majalisar Wakilai ta Dalibai kuma ya kasance mamban edita na mujallar runduna ta dalibai.
Bayan kammala karatunsa na digiri na farko a fannin tattalin arziki, Falae ya shiga aikin gwamnati a matsayin mataimakin sakataren hukumar ma'aikata ta kasa. Daga baya ya zama babban mataimakin sakataren hukumar. A cikin 1971, an canza shi zuwa ofishin tsare-tsare na tsakiya kuma a shekarar 1975 ya zama darakta a ofishin tsare-tsare. A lokacin da yake aiki a ofishin tsare-tsare, sashen ya ba da himma wajen samar da tsarin ci gaban kasa na uku da kuma gudanar da aikin bita bayan sauyin gwamnati. A cikin 1977, an nada Falae a matsayin sakatare na dindindin (Dept of Economics), ofishin majalisar ministoci.
A shekara ta 1981, ya zama manajan darektan Bankin Kasuwancin Najeriya (NMB), wanda aka fi sani da United Dominion Trust . A lokacin da Falae ke aiki a bankin, kamfanin ya kara yawan kuɗin da aka ba shi izini da kuma ba da rance.[1]
Falae ya koma aikin gwamnati ne a shekarar 1986 lokacin da aka nada shi Sakataren Gwamnati. A lokacin, ya yi imanin Najeriya na bukatar sake fasalin tattalin arziki. A cikin 1985, kafin nadin nasa, sojoji sun nemi ra'ayin jama'a game da tsarin tsarin tattalin arziki na IMF a matsayin sharadi na bashi na waje daga asusun. Shahararriyar ra'ayi ita ce ƙin yarda da shawarar. Daga nan sai gwamnatin ta fito da tsarin daidaita tsarin (SAP). SAP wani tsari ne na karkatar da fitar da kayayyaki daga tsarin da ya dogara da danyen mai, tabbatar da daidaiton kasafin kudi da ma'auni na biyan kuɗi da haɓakar rashin hauhawar farashi. Hanyoyin da za a bi domin cimma wannan buri sun hada da rage darajar Naira, rage tallafin man fetur da kuma daidaita harkokin kasuwanci. A lokacin da yake kan mulki, Falae ya zama mai kare mutuncin SAP ko da a lokacin da jama’a ke ta fama da rashin jin dadi, wanda hakan ya sa ya samu sunan “Mr. SAP” a tsakanin talakawan Najeriya..[2]
Ya bar mukamin Sakatare ga Gwamnati kuma ya yi aiki a matsayin Ministan Kudi na Tarayya a 1990 [3] a cikin mulkin soja na Ibrahim Babangida . [4] An cire shi daga mukamin a watan Agustan 1990. Bayan haka, ya shiga shirin sauya tsarin dimokuradiyya.
Fitowar Falae a fagen siyasa ta faro ne tun a jamhuriya ta uku. Babangida ya haramtawa ‘yan siyasa ‘tsofaffin jinsi’ wadanda galibinsu mutanen da suka taba rike mukaman zabe a baya kamar su Bola Ige da Lateef Jakande. Ba da jimawa ba Falae ya zama dan takarar mabiya Awolowo da wasu masu ci gaba a cikin jam’iyyar Social Democratic Party. Ya tsaya takarar amma ya sha kaye a hannun Shehu Musa Yar’adua kafin a soke zaben. Daga baya ya bayar da goyon bayansa da kungiyarsa wajen tabbatar da burin MKO Abiola na shugaban kasa.
A tsakiyar shekarun 1990, bayan da aka soke ranar 12 ga watan Yunin 1993 da kuma zuwan sabuwar gwamnatin mulkin soja, Falae ya zama fitaccen dan jam'iyyar National Democratic Coalition a lokacin neman maido da mulkin dimokradiyya a Najeriya. Gwamnatin soja ta Sani Abacha ta daure Falae, amma an sake shi a watan Yunin 1998 bayan mutuwar Abacha. Bai yi nasara ba a zaben shugaban kasa na Najeriya a 1999 bisa tsarin hadin gwiwa na Alliance for Democracy and All People's Party da Olusegun Obasanjo, dan takarar shugaban kasa a jam'iyyar People's Democratic Party. Kiristan Yarbawa ne, ya mamaye kudu maso yamma, yankin Yarbawa, amma ya kasa jawo wani gagarumin tallafi a wani wuri. Tun daga lokacin Oloye Falae ya yi ritaya a matsayin babban manomi a Ago Abo, Akure. An ba shi lambar yabo ta kasa ta Kwamandan Tarayyar Tarayya a 2008. Ya zuwa 2008, Falae shi ne shugaban jam'iyyar Democratic Peoples Alliance, jam'iyyar ci gaba mai hade da All Progressives Grand Alliance.
A ranar 21 ga Satumba, 2015, an sace Cif Olu Falae a gonarsa a ranar haihuwarsa ta 77, tare da masu satar mutane suna neman Naira miliyan 100 ($ 500,000) a matsayin fansa don sakin sa. An sake shi a ranar 24 ga Satumba, 2015, bayan biyan kudin fansa kuma ya koma gidansa a Akure.
Kai tsaye zuriyar Oba Osupa I na Akure (wanda shine kakansa), Cif Falae a halin yanzu yana rike da sarautar Baale Oluabo na Ilu Abo da Gbobaniyi na Akure. Baya ga wannan, yana kuma zama babban basarake na gidan sarautar Osupa na Akure..