Burkina Faso: Fodya imayambitsa imfa zoposa 3,200 pachaka, malinga ndi ACONTA

Kugwiritsa ntchito fodya kumapha anthu opitilira 3,200 chaka chilichonse ku Burkina Faso ndipo kumawonongera boma ndalama zokwana 29 biliyoni CFA francs. Izi zanenedwa Lachisanu ndi Adama Zango, wogwirizanitsa bungwe la African Association Against Tobacco (ACONTA), potsegulira msonkhano wolimbikitsa mphamvu za mabungwe a anthu omwe akukhudzidwa ndi kulimbana ndi kugwiritsa ntchito fodya.
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Kutengera deta yochokera ku Tobacco Atlas, Adama Zango adagogomezera kuti kusuta fodya ndi vuto lalikulu pa thanzi la anthu, komanso kumabweretsa mavuto azachuma m'boma chifukwa cha ndalama zokhudzana ndi chithandizo cha matenda okhudzana ndi fodya.
Malinga ndi iye, msonkhanowu cholinga chake ndi kupatsa anthu ogwira ntchito m'mabungwe a anthu wamba mwayi wolimbikitsa zochita zawo zodziwitsa anthu m'magulu osiyanasiyana a anthu.
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Mtsogoleri wa bungwe la ACONTA anayamikiranso kupita patsogolo kwa Burkina Faso polimbana ndi fodya, ponena kuti dzikolo ndi limodzi mwa mayiko odzipereka kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi. Komabe, anapempha kuti malamulo angapo agwiritsidwe ntchito mwachangu, kuphatikizapo lamulo loletsa kusokoneza makampani a fodya, lamulo lomwe cholinga chake ndi kuteteza makampani a fodya kusokoneza mfundo za boma, komanso lamulo lokhazikitsa mapaketi osavuta a zinthu zopangidwa ndi fodya.
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Kwa Adama Zango, njira izi zithandiza kuchepetsa kumwa fodya, kuchepetsa mphamvu ya opanga pa mfundo za boma komanso kuteteza bwino anthu, makamaka achinyamata, omwe akadali chandamale chachikulu cha makampaniwa.
Anachenjezanso za kukwera kwa fodya watsopano, womwe amaona kuti ndi chiwopsezo chachikulu kwa achinyamata, ndipo analimbikitsa kuti uletsedwe ku Burkina Faso, potsatira chitsanzo cha Mali mkati mwa Confederation of Sahel States (AES).
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Djamila Kambou