Malawi Police Trains Migration Journalists On Containment Strategy Adimst COVID-19

Photo: Superintendent Kadadzera (Photo Credit JIFORM)

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The Police Authority in Malawi has shared a containment strategy against the deadly Covid 19 with the migration journalists.

Senior Superintendent Kadadzera James, the Malawi Police National Spokesman gave the hint while delivering a lecture on containment of Covid 19 at an online seminar organized by Journalists International Forum For Migration (JIFORM).

The seminar titled ‘Migration and Containment of Covid 19’, also had speakers from the Nigeria Immigration Service, the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) and National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking In Persons (NAPTIP)
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President of JIFORM, Ajibola Abayomi said the summit was put together to update over 150 migration journalists who were members of the foundation across the continents.

Speaking, SS James urged nations to put in place measures to contain the disease in order to save the economy and lives of citizens.

He said in Malawi, President  Peter Mutharika had ordered the police to maintain law and order by effecting the stay at home order through manning of roadblocks and other security measures.

“The government has passed a law banning social, religious and all forms of gathering that is over 100. The Immigration Service has also come up with an updated visa policy that allows for screening of any entry into Malawi after which a certificate will be issued to anyone free from coronavirus.

“Laws have been made to protect the citizens of Malawi and her economy. Both the radio, newspaper and television stations have been fully mobilized to orientate the citizens and anyone that contravenes the law will face the full consequence.

“Malawi border is yet to be shut. Anyone with valid visa can come in but must be subjected to full screening. Although, we are feeling the effect of lockdown in South Africa and Zimbabwe, at the moment all passenger planes have been suspended from operation”.

Kadazera charged the media to cooperate with the government in ensuring that all preventive measures were adhered to by the citizens saying, “ also the Immigration in Malawi has enjoined the citizens to ensure regular washing of hands with water, use of sanitizers and social distancing.

“Government has also made available toll free mobile lines to be called by anyone that is sick or showing symptoms of Covid 19 for quick attention. All hands must be on deck to ensure a healthy and secured nation” he said.

Photo: President (Photo credit Culled from Facebook).

Editorial

Migration From Tension To Solution

Sometimes, for years on end, young African men and women risk everything, including their lives, to take on the perilous trip across dozens of borders and the treacherous waves of the Mediterranean Sea in search of a better life in Europe.

Some die along the way, some are turned back and some who finish the journey realize that life may not be easier across the frontier. But with few jobs and dim prospects at home, millions of youths and young adults in Africa still chooses to migrate, often clandestinely.

Such movements of people pose numerous questions for many governments and for the international community.

One of the most pressing concerns of governments and citizens in industrialized countries are irregular migration:

Photo: Migrant Boat (Credit Culled from Mamos Tv Web)

One amongst the reasons why youths in this country migrate is the level of youth unemployment.

The ratio of youths unemployment is getting higher and higher while our population is increasing day-in-day-out.

Majority of the youths in this country wants to leave the country to go somewhere else to look for greener pasture is because they are not convinced that they will find a better life in their own country.

 

Our government is putting its resources on technology and technology is expanding nowadays where countries are hiring fewer and fewer people.

Communication is not the main employer in the country, because it contributes 66 percent to our GDP.

One of the greatest threats to national development is the lacks of national development plans that will enable us to the productive base of our economy so its absorptive capacity to increase to be able to host you so that you can get the decent employment that you require being able to live a decent life.

Why can't Gambians take charges of their own destiny, we have all it takes to develop this country we have our rivers, where are our fishing vessels, those vessels fishing on our waters how did it happen?

In Batokunku and Sanyang where miming was taking place is still taking place and we have might’s minerals in these places and they are zeal icons and eliminates.

These minerals I am informed can be used in the manufacturing of our local telephone system, mobile phone systems, etc.

These minerals could serve as a source of weather for the nation.

There's a propose of oil in these minerals. Our country is endowed with waft.

Let nobody tells you there is no solution to our problems that our economy is being deterred by the former ruling.

A society that has already destroyed by a political system has been transformed in such a way that is no longer manageable and as a result we find it difficult to make progress.

Youths, on the other hand, should plow back to the land so that there would be enough food self-sufficient.

There are high hopes and sooner or later we will start processing our oil well and if it is well properly managed the Gambia would be its own self-sufficient without depending on foreign aids.