- I-bloc yesifunda saseNtshonalanga Afrika yamukela uhlelo olusha lokwethula uhlobo lwemali olulodwa osekunesikhathi lulindelwe ngo-2027.
- Ngenxa yokushaqeka kwalolu bhubhane, izinhloko zezwe zase zinqume ukumisa ukuqaliswa kwesivumelwano sokuhlangana ngo-2020-2021.
- I-ECOWAS inebalazwe lomgwaqo elisha ngo-2027 ukwethulwa kwe-eco.
Umongameli wase-Ivorian I-Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ikhomishana, uJean-Claude Kassi Brou, umemezele ukuthi amalungu angu-15 e-bloc yesifunda saseNtshonalanga Afrika amukele uhlelo olusha lokwethula uhlobo lwemali olulodwa osekunesikhathi lulindelwe ngo-2027.
Isinyathelo esisha sokwethula lolu hlobo lwemali, olubizwa ngokuthi i-eco, siza ngemva kwamashumi eminyaka yokubambezeleka, muva nje ngenxa yobhadane lwe-COVID-19. Amazwe manje azibophezele osukwini lokuqala luka-2027.
"Ngenxa yokushaqeka kwalolu bhubhane, izinhloko zezwe zinqume ukumisa ukuqaliswa kwesivumelwano sokuhlangana ngo-2020-2021," kusho uBrou ngemuva kwengqungquthela yabaholi eGhana. "Sinemephu yomgwaqo entsha kanye nesivumelwano esisha sokuhlangana esizohlanganisa isikhathi esiphakathi kuka-2022 no-2026, kanti u-2027 ukwethulwa kwe-eco."
Umqondo wohlobo lwemali olulodwa, okuhloswe ngawo ukukhulisa ukuhweba kwemingcele nokuthuthukiswa komnotho, waphakanyiswa okokuqala kule nhlangano kusukela ngo-2003. Nokho, lolu hlelo lwahlehliswa ngo-2005, 2010, kanye no-2014 ngenxa yengcindezi yezomnotho. kwamanye amazwe angamalungu e-ECOWAS, kanye nokuntengantenga kwezombusazwe okufana neMali.
I-Nigeria, umnotho omkhulu waseNtshonalanga Afrika, okwamanje isebenzisa i-float elawulwayo emalini yayo, nezinye eziyisishiyagalombili, okuhlanganisa nomkhiqizi ophezulu we-cocoa i-Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) esebenzisa i-CFA esekelwa yi-France, i-euro-pegged CFA (okumelela Communauté Financière d' I-Afrique, noma i-Financial Community of Africa).
Ngo-2019, uMongameli wase-Ivorian u-Alassane Ouattara wamemezela ukuthi i-CFA franc izoqanjwa kabusha ngokuthi i-eco. Lesi sinyathelo savusa ukungezwani komphakathi okusabalele kumalungu ale nhlangano ekhuluma isiNgisi.
LOKHO ONGAKUTHATHE KULESI SIHLOKO:
- “Due to the shock of the pandemic, the heads of state had decided to suspend the implementation of the convergence pact in 2020–2021,” Brou said after a leaders summit in Ghana.
- However, the plan was postponed in 2005, 2010, and 2014 due to the economic pressure on some of the ECOWAS member states, and political instability in the likes of Mali.
- Ivorian president of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Commission, Jean-Claude Kassi Brou, announced that 15 members of the West African regional bloc have adopted a new plan to introduce a long-anticipated single currency by 2027.
