Trinidad ta karbi bakuncin CHOGM: Girman kai ko son zuciya

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad da Tobago (eTN) - A wannan makon karamar karamar jihar Trinidad da Tobago ta Caribbean za ta kasance a tsakiyar matakin duniya. A matsayin mai masaukin baki taron shugabannin gwamnatocin Commonwealth (CHOGM), firaministan ta, Patrick Manning, zai yi cudanya da manyan shugabannin kasashen duniya. Daga cikin su akwai sarauniyar Birtaniya kuma shugaban kungiyar Commonwealth, firaministan kasar Manmohan Singh na Indiya, da sauran shugabannin Commonwealth da baki na musamman, da shugaban Faransa Nicolas Sarkozy da sakatare janar na MDD Ban Ki Moon.

Wannan shi ne karo na biyu da ake gudanar da taron koli a Trinidad a bana. A watan Yuli, ta buga bakuncin taron koli na Amurka tare da shugaban Amurka Barack Obama ya zama abin jan hankali.

Mutum zai yi tunanin wannan zai zama babban abin alfahari ga Trinidadians, amma ga mamakina wannan yayi nisa da lamarin. Duk wanda na ci karo da shi sai suka yi ta tofa albarkacin bakinsa game da Firayim Minista Manning da abin da suka dauka a matsayin banzarsa da kashe kudi. Sun ce wadannan manyan abubuwan da suka faru an tsara su ne domin kara daukaka martabarsa kuma bai yi wa kasar komai ba.

"Duk fizz kuma babu giya," shine yadda wani mai magana da yawun Trinidadian socialite ya bayyana Firayim Minista. "Kasar ba ta samun komai," in ji ta, "duk don nunawa ne. Yana kashe miliyoyi akan manyan gine-gine da ayyukan nuni, yayin da talakawa ba su samu komai ba. Ayyukan ilimi da na likitanci suna cikin rudani. Yara suna gudu domin babu isassun malaman da za su kula da su; Talakawa ba sa samun likitoci ko magunguna kuma yawan laifuka abin kunya ne. Abin kunya ne.”

Direbobin tasi, waɗanda mutum zai yi tunani, da sun yi maraba da ƙarin kasuwancin, ra'ayi iri ɗaya ne. Ra'ayin da ake ta yi kamar yadda gwamnati ta yi amfani da arzikin man fetur da iskar gas tana kashewa kamar babu gobe, amma mutane da yawa suna tambayar me zai faru idan kayayyaki suka kare. Ban da haka, wasu sun ce, ba a mai da hankali sosai ga sakamakon muhalli.

Daya daga cikin dalilan da ya sa CHOGM ke jan hankalin jama'a a bana shi ne, saboda ana kallonta a matsayin dama ta karshe ga shugabannin kasashen duniya na shirya fage na abin da ake kallo a matsayin taron kolin sauyin yanayi a birnin Copenhagen a watan Disamba. Masu sukar Patrick Manning suna jayayya cewa ba ya ba da ra'ayi game da yanayin; kafa tashoshin wutar lantarki, masana'antu da sauran manyan masana'antu masu tsada a wuraren da ba su dace ba. Wata jarida ta ba da rahoto game da barewa, birai da sauran namun daji da suka gudu ba tare da inda za su je ba yayin da aka share dajin don wani aikin samar da wutar lantarki mai riba.

Wani batu da aka yi shi ne cewa gwamnati ba ta da sha'awar bunkasa yawon shakatawa a Trinidad; wannan ana mayar da hankali ne kan tsibirin Tobago. Duk da haka, babban birnin kasar, Port of Spain, tare da tsaunuka masu ban sha'awa, kyawawan ra'ayoyin teku da gine-ginen mulkin mallaka na tarihi, yana da abubuwa da yawa don ba da damar yawon shakatawa.

Na ci karo da wani gidan baƙo mai ban sha'awa wanda wata mace mai girman zuciya da kuzari mai shekara 79 ke tafiyar da ita wacce ta je makaranta tare da 'yar'uwar VS Naipaul, mashahurin marubucin duniya wanda ya girma a Trinidad. Da alama Naipaul ya shafe makonni biyu a gidan baƙonmu wanda ke cikin keɓantaccen yanki na babban birnin ƙasar tare da kogi da ke gudana a ƙasan lambun da ke cike da lumana. Mariya ta kasance mai zanen cikin gida kuma tare da ɗanɗanonta mai kyau, kaifi ido ga cikakkun bayanai da ƙira ta ƙirƙiri gida da lambun da ke zama cikakkiyar tushe ga marubuci ko duk wani baƙo mai son koyo game da ƙasar da mutanenta.

Maria tana da tarin tarin labarai game da asalinta na Fotigal da rayuwarta a Trinidad da Tobago. Ta kasance uwar gida mai ban mamaki kuma tana buɗe gida tana ba da abinci ga ƙawaye da baƙi tare da abinci mai kyau da giya. Ta shirya liyafar cin abinci ga ƙawayenta fiye da ashirin kuma ta gayyace mu mu tare su. Kowane baƙon yana da labarai masu ban sha'awa game da asalinsu, cakuduwar Portuguese, Afirka, Indiya ta Gabas, Lebanon, Scotland, Ingilishi, Irish, da Sinanci. Sun yi alfahari guda ɗaya da jin daɗin yadda waɗannan guraben rayuwa dabam-dabam suka shafi abinci, kiɗa da al'adu a tsibirinsu.

Masu sukar firaministan da suka yi Allah wadai da soyayyar sa ga fitattun mutane da kuma nuna shakku game da dalilansa na karbar bakuncin manyan taruka na kasa da kasa na iya rasa babban hoto. Babu shakka cewa Trinidad da Tobago, a matsayin jihohin da suka fi ci gaba da wadata a cikin Caribbean duk da yawan al'ummar kasa da miliyan daya da rabi, suna fitowa a matsayin murya mai karfi a yankin; Firayim Minista yana da buri a fili na yin tasiri a fagen kasa da kasa. Ya yi wuri don sanin menene fa'idodin dogon lokaci zai iya zama. Akwai, duk da haka, kadan shakka cewa Trinidadians na yau da kullum suna da girman kai a cikin al'adunsu da kuma ƙauna mai zurfi ga ƙasarsu wadda za ta ci gaba da wanzuwa bayan da shugabannin duniya suka bar tare da tarkon su na mulki da kuma goyon baya.

Rita Payne ita ce shugabar kungiyar 'yan jarida ta Commonwealth (Birtaniya).