UBartlett udibana nabathengisi beCraft ukuxoxa ngeendlela zokulwa nefuthe le-COVID-19

IJamaica Umphathiswa Wezokhenketho, oHloniphekileyo u-Edmund Bartlett uye wadibana nabathengisi bezandla, elinye lamaqela angundoqo angaphantsi kwecandelo kukhenketho, ukuxoxa ngezicwangciso zokunciphisa impembelelo Covid-19 kumashishini abo.

“Ngokuvalwa kwemida yethu kunye namanyathelo ngokubanzi amiselwe ukunciphisa ukwanda kwesi sifo, ukhenketho luye lwamisa lashiya abasebenzi kunye namashishini abaninzi bengenamakhaya.

Kwintlanganiso yam izolo, ebibanjelwe ngefonferensi, neentloko zemibutho yezobugcisa, ndibeneengxoxo ezincumisayo kwindlela eya phambili kwaye ndiqaqambise amanye amalungiselelo ezemali abekiweyo ukunceda aba bathengisi, ”utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.

Umphathiswa ubeneentlanganiso kunye neearhente zokuhamba kunye necandelo lezothutho ukuxoxa ngeendlela zokunceda ukunciphisa ifuthe le-COVID-19 nakumashishini abo.

Ukhenketho lwesi siqithi lumile emva kwemiqathango ethintelayo yokunceda ukusasazeka kwesi sifo.

“Ndiyabazi ubunzima obunzima abahlangatyezwa ngabanikezeli beenkonzo zethu kwaye kutsha nje ndicwangcisile, no-Mphathiswa osebenza naye wezezimali, isibonelelo se-1.2 yezigidigidi zeedola kumashishini asebenza kwezokhenketho nakumacandelo ahambelana noko,” utshilo uMphathiswa uBartlett.

Ukongeza kwesi sibonelelo, urhulumente ebephumeza amanyathelo ezemali ukukhusela ifuthe loqoqosho lweCovid-19. Oku kubandakanya:

• Iingxoxo kunye neebhanki zorhwebo ukuze babonelele ngokuhamba kwemali okwethutyana
• inkxaso kumashishini nakubathengi kumacandelo achaphazelekayo ngokumiswa kweentlawulo eziphambili, iindlela ezintsha zetyala kunye namanye amanyathelo
• Ukuqaliswa kwenkqubo yokwabiwa kwabaNtu kweziBonelelo zabasebenzi (CARE) enezinto ezine:

1. Ukungeniswa kweNkxaso yaBasebenzi yeShishini kunye nokuDluliselwa kweMali (EBEST Cash) - eya kuthi ibonelele ngokutshintshela imali okwethutyana kumashishini kumacandelo ajolise kuwo ngokusekwe kwinani labasebenzi abagciniweyo.
2. Ukuxhasa Abasebenzi ngokuGqithisela iMali (i-SET Cash) - eya kuthi ibonelele ngokudluliselwa kwemali okwethutyana kubantu abathile apho kunokuqinisekiswa khona ukuba baphulukene nomsebenzi wabo ukusukela nge-10 Matshi, (umhla wetyala lokuqala le-Covid-19 eJamaica) ngenxa yeCovid -19 intsholongwane kwaye oku kuya kufumaneka ixesha elithile.
3. Ingxowa-mali ekhethekileyo yemali mboleko yokunceda abantu kunye namashishini athe ahlaselwa kakhulu.
4. Ukuxhasa abahluphekileyo nabasesichengeni ngezibonelelo ezizodwa ezinxulumene neCovid-19.

Umphathiswa u-Bartlett wongeze wathi, "Eli lixesha elikhethekileyo njengoko sonke sisilwa nalo bhubhane wenoveli kodwa sikunye sisebenza ukuza nezisombululo ezifanelekileyo zokuqinisekisa ukuba siyachacha."