Babban sakataren kungiyar Gabashin Afirka (EAC), Dr. Peter Mathuki, ya ce a wannan makon ya yi kusa da lokacin da Afirka ta fara yin tambayoyi game da tasirin takunkumin tafiye-tafiye ta hanyar yin la'akari da illolin da ke tattare da zamantakewa da tattalin arziki.
"Kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta dauki matakan tabbatar da sararin samaniya ta hanyar kasuwar sufurin jiragen sama guda daya ta Afirka (SAATM) da aka kirkira don hanzarta aiwatar da cikakken aiwatar da shawarar Yamoussoukro," in ji Dokta Mathuki.
A cikin jawabinsa na sabuwar shekara ta 2022, Sakatare Janar na EAC ya ce, da zarar an kammala aiki tukuru, hada-hadar kasashen Afirka za ta rage lokacin zirga-zirgar jiragen sama da tsadar kayayyaki, lamarin da zai samar da ci gaban cinikayya tsakanin nahiya da yawon bude ido.
Cutar ta COVID-19 ta kawo cikas ga al'ummomin Afirka da tattalin arzikinta, kuma tana ci gaba da sake fasalin duniya tare da bullar sabbin bambance-bambance.
Rikicin dai ya nuna ma'auni ga fannin yawon bude ido a yankin gabashin Afirka, wanda tun kafin barkewar annobar, ya taimaka matuka wajen bunkasar tattalin arzikin kungiyar.
A shekarar 2019, bangaren yawon bude ido ya ba da gudummawar matsakaicin kashi 8.1 cikin 17.2 ga jimillar kayayyakin cikin gida na kasashen yankin Gabashin Afirka (EAC) na hadin gwiwar kasashen Afirka kuma ya kawo matsakaicin karuwa da kashi XNUMX bisa dari ga jimillar kayayyakin da ake fitarwa zuwa kasashen waje.
"Yawon shakatawa na taka rawar gani sosai a cikin faffadan tattalin arziki ta hanyar samun kudaden shiga kai tsaye ga kamfanonin jiragen sama, wakilan balaguro, otal-otal, shaguna, gidajen abinci, da sauran wuraren yawon bude ido," in ji Dr. Mathukki.
Ya kara da cewa, yawon bude ido yana ba da gudummawa ga tasirin tattalin arziki kai tsaye ta hanyar kashe kudi a cikin kayan amfanin gona, kayayyakin da aka kera, sufuri, nishadantarwa, da sana'o'in hannu, in ji shi.
Hana tafiye-tafiye don magance cutar ta ga jihohin abokan hulɗar EAC sun yi asarar kashi 92 na kudaden shiga a yawon buɗe ido. Masu zuwa sun ragu daga kusan miliyan 7 a shekarar 2019 zuwa miliyan 2.25 a shekarar 2020 kamar yadda aka nuna a cikin Dabarun Ci gaban EAC na Shida.
Bincike na baya-bayan nan ya nuna cewa rage yawan yaduwar cutar na iya zama mafi inganci wajen dakile yaduwar cutar fiye da rufe iyakokin, in ji shi.
Don jawo buƙatun balaguro da buɗe iyakokin duniya, dole ne gwamnatocin Afirka su tabbatar da samun daidaiton damar yin alluran rigakafi, daidaita hanyoyin balaguro na ƙasa da ƙasa, da rungumar fasaha don tantance takaddun gwaji da rigakafin.
Kamar sauran kasashen duniya, sake dawo da tafiye-tafiye da yawon bude ido a Afirka zai dogara ne kan hadin kai a tsakanin kasashe dangane da hana tafiye-tafiye, daidaiton ka'idojin tsaro da tsafta, da ingantaccen sadarwa don taimakawa maido da kwarin gwiwar masu amfani.
"Duk da haka, dole ne mu fahimci cewa matsalolin kiwon lafiyar duniya na yanzu da kuma shingen balaguro na iya ɗaukar lokaci don raguwa. Don haka, dole ne nahiyar ta yi tunani da kanta, sannan ta inganta yawon shakatawa na cikin gida da na nahiya domin samun farfadowa mai dorewa,” in ji Dokta Mathuki.
Afirka na buƙatar magance mahimmancin ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun ƙwararrun yawon buɗe ido, don haɓaka yawon buɗe ido tsakanin nahiya.
Babban ajandar nahiyar ya kamata ya kasance bude biza.
Sakamakon binciken "Rahoton Buɗe Visa na Afirka na 2020" ya nuna cewa 'yan Afirka har yanzu suna buƙatar biza don tafiya zuwa kashi 46 na sauran ƙasashen Afirka, yayin da kashi 28 kawai ke iya samun biza idan sun isa.
“Wadannan ƙuntatawa da ƙaƙƙarfan buƙatun biza suna rage ƙwarin gwiwar masu yawon bude ido don yin balaguro da kuma rage wadatar ayyuka masu mahimmanci a kaikaice. Ya kamata nahiyar ta ba da fifiko kan kokarin da ake yi na bunkasa budaddiyar bizarta,” in ji Dokta Mathuki.
Wani muhimmin ginshiƙin da za a magance shi ne ’yantar da sararin samaniyar Afirka don haɓaka haɗin kai tsakanin nahiya. Don tashi daga kowane babban birnin Gabashin Afirka zuwa arewacin Afirka, da sauri mutum zai gano yadda rashin haɗin kai na Afirka ke cikin nahiyar.
Tafiyar da bai kamata ya wuce sa'o'i biyar da rabi ba a wasu lokuta yana ɗaukar kimanin sa'o'i 12 zuwa 25, saboda dole ne mutum ya ɗauki jirage masu haɗawa ta hanyar Turai ko Gabas ta Tsakiya. Wataƙila jirgin kai tsaye zai kai dalar Amurka 600; duk da haka, mutum zai yi sa'a ya samu jirgin sama kasa da dalar Amurka 850.
Kungiyar Tarayyar Afirka ta dauki matakin tabbatar da budaddiyar sararin samaniya ta hanyar Kasuwar Sufurin Jiragen Sama ta Afrika guda daya (SAATM) da aka kirkira don gaggauta aiwatar da cikakken aiwatar da shawarar Yamoussoukro.
Rikicin COVID-19 na yanzu da barkewar cututtuka da suka gabata sun nuna shirye-shiryen Afirka don magance cututtuka. Tsarin gargadi na farko da ci gaba da saka hannun jari a cikin lafiyar jama'a sun ga nahiyar ta magance barkewar cutar da kyau.
Koyaya, ko da yake an yi niyya mai kyau, buƙatun don gwaji kafin tashi, gwajin tabbatarwa lokacin isowa, da kuma wasu lokuta keɓe, duka suna da tsada kuma ba su da daɗi, don haka yana hana tafiya, musamman don abubuwan nishaɗi.
PanABIOS mai samun goyon bayan Tarayyar Afirka ya kasance mai mahimmanci wajen yada sakamakon gwajin COVID-19 a kan amintaccen dandamalin dijital da ke isa ga dukkan kasashe mambobin kungiyar.
EAC ta kuma haɓaka hanyar wucewa ta EAC wacce ke haɗawa da tabbatar da gwajin COVID-19 na abokan tarayya na EAC da takaddun rigakafin don sauƙaƙe shigowa cikin yankin.
Da zarar an fitar da shi gabaɗaya, EAC Pass za a haɗa shi tare da sauran dandamali na kiwon lafiya na yanki da nahiya don haɓaka bayyana gaskiya da tabbatar da sahihancin takaddun shaida.
Nahiyar na iya cin gajiyar saka hannun jari a fafutukar inganta harkokin yawon bude ido da aka yi niyya ga kasuwannin Afirka. Kamfen ɗin “Tembea Nyumbani” da EAC ta ƙaddamar kwanan nan muhimmin mataki ne na haɓaka yawon buɗe ido a cikin yankuna.
Irin wannan tsarin a duk al'ummomin tattalin arzikin yanki na iya canza fasalin yawon shakatawa na nahiyar tare da rage dogaro ga bakin haure na kasa da kasa, kamar yadda ya faru a Turai tsawon shekaru, inda masu yawon bude ido na yankuna ke da kashi 80 cikin XNUMX na yawan masu zuwa yawon bude ido.
"A ƙarshe, ka ba ni damar faɗi wani karin magana na Afirka: Har sai zaki ya koyi rubutu, kowane labari zai ɗaukaka mafarauci," in ji Dokta Mathuki.
Shekaru da yawa, kafofin watsa labaru na duniya sun haifar da mummunan fahimta da wakilci game da Afirka. Yanayin yaƙe-yaƙe na basasa da yunwa da cin hanci da rashawa da haɗama da cututtuka da talauci sun bayyana ’yan Afirka.
"Wataƙila lokaci ya yi da za mu fara yin tambayoyi game da rawar da muke takawa a cikin labarunsu, amma mafi mahimmanci, mu bayyana Afirka da kanmu," in ji Sakatare Janar na EAC.
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