Pan-African Parliament (PAP), President Fortune Zephaniah Charumbira, said Monday in Rabat that solidarity and cooperation are essential in order to address the continent’s challenges.
Speaking at an inaugural course at the College of Legal, Economic and Social Sciences under the theme “The Pan-African Parliament at the heart of current challenges,” Zephaniah Charumbira called for an African alliance and inter-African cooperation to meet the challenges of food security and health in Africa.
Similarly, he highlighted the Pan-African parliament’s key role in promoting inter-African cooperation in an ever-changing international context.
PAP President, speaking out on the many challenges facing Africa, stressed the importance for youth to participate in decision-making in order to address the development challenges in Africa, where more that half of the population is young.
Zephania Charumbira also highlighted the importance of Covid-19 management for managing the health crisis.
Mohammed Rhachi, President, Mohammed V University, Rabat, congratulated Zephania Charumbira on her election as Pan-African Parlament president. He also praised the institution, which seeks to strengthen brotherhood and cooperation among African countries and ensure the continent’s growth by putting the African citizen in the center of public policy.
At a meeting earlier Monday with Speaker of the Moroccan parliament upper house, Fortune Zephaniah Charumbira pleaded for the establishment of unified institutional structures while stressing the need to boost his institution’s legislative work, especially in the areas of trade, economy and immigration.
PAP is collaborating with national parliaments, regional economic commissions, and other institutions to create a platform of consultation for the discussion of all African issues. He also noted that the issues being considered in these institutions require cooperation at the regional and continental levels, and even beyond.
He also noted that his current visit to Morocco at the head of an important delegation aims to mark the resumption of work in the Pan-African Parliament, which has been at a standstill for two years due to the repercussions of the COVID-19 epidemic and some dissensions that arose during the election of the parliament’s bureau.
“This continental institution has finally returned to a climate of understanding, consensus and transparency by managing to iron out the differences,” he said.
Referring to Africa’s challenges he noted that the current health crisis has revealed the fragility and inefficiency of the continent’s health system. He also highlighted the exceptional Moroccan experience with the prevention and management of mass vaccination operations.
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