Speaking during the 11th graduation ceremony of Mount Meru University at the weekend, EAC’s Secretary General Richard Sezibera said he had hopes that the new regime had EAC’s agenda at heart and that it would step up efforts in sorting out the challenges facing members states.
Ambassador Sezibera was responding to a request made by the varsity Vice Chancellor, Harrison Olan'g on the availability of resident permits for travelling lecturers within the EAC member states.
Earlier in his speech, the Vice Chancellor was categorical that his institution was faced with the problem of resident permits for his staff arriving from other countries.
According to the Vice Chancellor, processing permits has dragged for a long time, costing his institution time and money.
“I ask your good office to assure us on the availability of the permits and even making them accessible to us freely without any charges,” requested Olan’g.
But in his response, Ambassador Sezibera assured the Vice Chancellor that President Magufuli would find a solution to the problem on working and resident permits besides ironing out other challenges facing the community.
“It is my hope that Tanzania and Burundi as well will do the same to ensure that the community prospers,” noted the Secretary General.
Tanzania and Burundi are often considered as countries that have distanced themselves from the community earning the name ‘Coalition of the Unwilling’.
But the Secretary General was at the weekend optimistic that President Magufuli would make the EAC among its top agenda.
“We would also advance the EAC agenda to the newly elected president,” he added.
Meanwhile, Ambassador Sezibera challenged the graduates to use their hard earned qualifications in effecting tangible changes in transforming the region.
SOURCE: THE GUARDIAN
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