CDEDI Challenges Indigenous Business Operators to Keep Economy from Sinking
NAMIWA:
CDEDI would like to challenge the local business people to up their game in order to fill the gap
The Centre for Democracy and Economic Development Initiatives (CDEDI) has challenged native small and medium business operators to step up their operations to save the economy from an imminent collapse as refugees and asylum seekers relocate to Dzaleka Refugee Camp.
The human rights watchdog has also asked the Malawi Government to consider integrating some of the refugees and asylum seekers who have proven to be of economic value to the nation.
High unemployment rates and effects of coronavirus disease (Covid-19) are the major contributors to rising cases of human trafficking in Malawi, with Dzaleka Refugee Camp featuring as the transit for trafficking in persons in Malawi.
Trafficking in Persons (TIP) Focal Person in the Ministry of Homeland Security, Kondwani Kamanga, made the sentiments during his presentation before the High Level Meeting in Ending Human Trafficking in Malawi.
The meeting, which took place at Lilongwe Hotel on Tuesday evening, was organized by the Malawi Network Against Trafficking in Persons (M-NAT) with financial support from the Norwegian Church Aid (NCA) through Act Alliance.
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Ndubuisi Francis in Abuja
The Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu, has called for the decentralisation of the nation’s security architecture and the creation of state police that would enable state governments to address peculiar security challenges in their domain.
Ikpeazu also disclosed that the five South-east states had one form of security arrangement or the other in place for their respective states before they unveiled the “Ebubeagu” as the joint security outfit for the entire geopolitical zone.
He stated that the launch of the “Ebubeagu” was designed to ensure a collaborative and effective synergy between the states in the zone to avoid criminals committing crime in one state and taking refuge in another state.