UNgqongqoshe Wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica, uMhlonishwa. U-Edmund Bartlett, namuhla (ngomhla zingama-21 kuNhlolanja 2018) uvakashele i-New York Stock Exchange, e-Wall Street, ukuze abambe iqhaza ochungechungeni lwemihlangano nokuxoxisana nabezindaba ukuze kuthuthukiswe umkhiqizo wezokuvakasha wase-Jamaica njengemakethe yokutshalwa kwezimali ekahle.
UNgqongqoshe udalule ukuthi kube nokukhula okuphawulekayo komsebenzi ovela ku-Wall Street, okunomthelela ekukhuleni kwezokuvakasha e-Caribbean. Uphinde waveza ukuthi liyakhula intshisekelo emhlabeni jikelele yokutshala imali eJamaica, ngenxa yokuthuthuka okubonakalayo emnothweni wezwe.
“Ukuvakasha kwami lapha kuwukuphinde ngithole lokho kuxhumana futhi ngiqhubeke nokubeka iphuzu lokuthi ukutshalwa kwezimali kwezokuvakasha manje sekusuka ezinhlakeni zemindeni kanye nokulingana kwangasese futhi kungene endaweni yomphakathi. Lokhu kuvumela iqembu elikhulu labantu ukuthi libe ngabanikazi bemboni yezokuvakasha ngokusebenzisa izimakethe zamasheya nemisebenzi yayo. Ngakho-ke nginxusa abantu abaningi baseJamaica ukuba babe ngabanikazi bezokuvakasha,” kusho uNgqongqoshe uBartlett.
UMnu. Bartlett waphawula ukuthi intshisekelo ye-Wall Street kwezokuvakasha akufanele isimangaze njengoba inani lezokuvakasha emhlabeni jikelele lingama-US $7.6 trillion. Uphinde waphawula ukuthi imboni manje isingeyesibili ebambe iqhaza elikhulu ku-GDP yomhlaba wonke, imele cishe amaphesenti ayi-10 njengoba cishe izigidi ezingama-400 ziqashwe kulo mkhakha. Lokhu kusho ukuthi cishe amaphesenti ayi-11 abantu abaqashiwe emhlabeni wonke basembonini yezokuvakasha.
“Ezokuvakasha sezihambe ibanga elide mayelana nokuhlonishwa njengomholi wezomnotho emhlabeni wonke, ukudala amathuba emisebenzi emihle kanye nembangela yoguquko nokuthuthukiswa komnotho emazweni amancane naphakathi. Ngempela ungomunye wemisebenzi yezomnotho ekhula ngokushesha kakhulu emhlabeni namuhla,” kusho uNgqongqoshe.
Ungqongqoshe u-Bartlett njengamanje uvakashela iDolobha laseNew York ukuze ahlanganyele ochungechungeni lwemihlangano yamasu nabalingani bezokuvakasha kanye namalungu e-Diaspora.
Uhambisana nomqondisi osanda kuqashwa Wezokuvakasha, u-Donovan White kanye noMeluleki Omkhulu kanye Nosomaqhinga eMnyangweni Wezokuvakasha, uDelano Seiveright. Iqembu kulindeleke ukuthi libuyele esiqhingini ngoFebhuwari 23, 2018.
