Tsohon shugaban kasar Najeriya, Janar Yakubu Gowon (rtd), ya yi kira ga Kungiyar Raya Tattalin Arzikin Kasashen Yammacin Afirka (ECOWAS) da ta kiyaye muhimman dabi’u da kuma akidunta na wadanda suka kafa.
Janar Gowon ya yi wannan kiran ne a wurin taron kasa da kasa na tunawa da kungiyar ECOWAS @ 50 da aka gudanar a Cibiyar Kula da Harkokin Kasa da Kasa ta Najeriya (NIIA) da ke birnin Lagos na kudu maso yammacin Najeriya.
A yayin da ya ke yaba wa kokarin dukkan shugabannin kasashen da suka taka rawa wajen samar da al’umma, ya yaba da kyakkyawar ra’ayin Janar Gnassingbe Eyadema na Togo, wanda ya ce ya yi daidai da tunanin da a karshe ya koma ga haihuwar ECOWAS.
A cewarsa, ECOWAS ta kafu ne a ranar 28 ga Mayu, 1975, tare da wajabta hada da: inganta hadin kan tattalin arziki ta hanyar samar da hadaddiyar kungiyar kasuwanci guda daya, ta hanyar hadin gwiwar tattalin arziki da hada ayyukan tattalin arziki, samar da zaman lafiya, kwanciyar hankali, da wadata a tsakanin kasashe mambobinta.
Mista Gowon ya bayyana cewa, samar da kungiyar reshen yankin ya biyo bayan muradin hadin gwiwa na kasashe mambobin kungiyar na magance kalubalen da suke fuskanta tare da yin amfani da damar da aka samu.
Da yake mayar da martani ga kasashen Nijar, Mali da Burkina Faso, Janar Gowon ya bukaci kasashe mambobin kungiyar da su tabbatar da dunkulewar kungiyar ECOWAS a gaba, yayin da shi da kansa ya bukaci kasashen uku da su janye shawarar ficewa daga kungiyar.
Ya zayyana manyan nasarorin da kungiyar ta samu da suka hada da samar da sassaucin ra’ayi na kasuwanci, da hakkin ‘yan Afirka ta Yamma na rayuwa ta halal a kowace kasa a cikin al’umma, da aiwatar da ayyukan wanzar da zaman lafiya cikin nasara da dai sauransu.
“ECOWAS ta shiga tsakani ta hannun dakarunta na bangarori daban-daban, kungiyar da ke sa ido kan tsagaita bude wuta na kasashen yammacin Afirka (ECMOG) wanda hakan ya daidaita lamarin kuma a karshe ya samar da sauki ga dakarun wanzar da zaman lafiya na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya wadanda suka shigo daga baya.
“ECOWAS ba ta wuce haɗin kai na jihohi ba, al’umma ce da aka kafa don amfanin al’ummarmu, bisa tarihi, al’adu da al’ada. “Yara na, ko na yanzu ko na gaba ba za su gane ko yafe wa rabuwar al’ummarmu ba,” in ji shi.
A jawabinsa na bude taron, babban mai masaukin baki kuma gwamnan jihar Legas, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, ya yabawa NIIA da sauran abokan huldar kasa da kasa bisa shirya taron, wanda ya hada manyan baki domin yin tunani tare da tsara wata sabuwar makoma ga yankin.
Sanwo-Olu, wanda ya samu wakilcin sakataren gwamnatin jihar, Abimbola Salu-Hundeyin, ya tabbatar da dangantakar dake tsakanin jihar Legas da NIIA a matsayin wani tushe na mutunta juna da kuma ra’ayi daya don ciyar da manufofin kasashen waje Najeriya da manufofin hadewar yankin.
A cewarsa, “A matsayina na gwamnan wannan jiha mai girma, gwamnatina ta ba da fifiko wajen tallafawa shirin NIIA, tare da sanin irin muhimmiyar rawar da cibiyar ke takawa wajen tsara tattaunawar diflomasiyya a Najeriya da kuma yin tasiri ga manufofin da ba jihar mu kadai ba, har ma da yankin yammacin Afirka baki daya.
Ina tunawa da farin ciki da alfahari cewa a nan Legas aka sanya hannu kan wannan yarjejeniya a ranar 28 ga watan EC, a ranar 28 da ECOWAS. Babban taron ya nuna mafarin tafiya mai jajircewa, jajircewa, da dabarun tafiyar da tattalin arziki da hadin gwiwa tsakanin ECOWAS.
“A cikin shekaru 5 da suka wuce, ECOWAS ta taka rawar gani wajen bunkasa tattalin arziki, samar da saukin zirga-zirgar jama’a da kayayyaki, tana taka muhimmiyar rawa wajen ayyukan wanzar da zaman lafiya, duk da kalubalen da ake fuskanta, ECOWAS ta ci gaba da jajircewa, da juriya, da mutuntawa a kokarinta na hadewar tattalin arzikinta.
“Na’am, dole ne mu yi la’akari da kalubalen da ke bukatar kulawar da ta dace. ECOWAS an tsara su ne don haɗin gwiwa, haɗin kai, da ƙirƙira.
“A matsayinmu na jiha, mun himmatu wajen saka hannun jari a hangen nesa na NIIA a cikin manufofinta, iyawar bincike, da samar da albarkatun da za su haɓaka damar bincike da nazarin manufofinta.
Haɗin gwiwarmu ya ba da haske mai ƙarfi daga manufofi, haɓaka haɗin kai da ci gaban yanki. Na yi imani ta hanyar yin amfani da ƙarfin haɗin gwiwa, za mu iya gina ƙasa mai wadata kuma mai dacewa a Yammacin Afirka,” in ji Sanwo-olu.
