Tito Mboweni, wanda ya zama gwamnan bankin reserve na Afirka ta Kudu na farko, ya mutu a shekarar 65. An sanar da mutuwarsa ta hanyar ofishin shugaban kasa ranar Sabtu.
Mboweni ya yi aiki a matsayin gwamnan bankin reserve daga shekarar 1999 zuwa 2009, sannan kuma ya zama ministan kudi daga Oktoba 2018 har zuwa Agusta 2021. Shugaban kasa Cyril Ramaphosa ya bayyana rashin farin cikinsa, inda ya ce, “Mun rasa shugaba da abokin gida wanda ya kasance mai himma a fannin manufofin tattalin arziya da kare hakkin ma’aikata.” Ya nuna himmar Mboweni ga amsar kudi da gyara tattalin arziya a lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin gwamna da minista.
An naɗa Mboweni a matsayin ministan kudi ta hanyar Ramaphosa a lokacin da shi ke kan karagar mulki, inda aka sallame shi da alhakin maido da amana a tattalin arziya wadda ta lalace sakamakon mulkin tsohon shugaban Jacob Zuma na maganganu na cin hanci da rashawa. A baya, Mboweni ya zama ministan aikin yi a gwamnatin dimokradiyya ta farko ta Afirka ta Kudu bayan karewar mulkin namiji.
<p DAYA daga cikin abubuwan da Mboweni ya samu a bankin reserve shi ne karin kadada na kudaden waje na kasar daga kasa da dala biliyan 10 zuwa kusa da dala biliyan 40. Bayan ya bar aiki a bankin reserve, ya koma fagen kasuwanci, inda ya zama masani a Goldman Sachs Group Inc. a Afirka ta Kudu, sannan kuma ya zama shugaban AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. da kuma shiga kananan hukumomin kamfanoni da dama.
Mboweni ya taka rawar gani wajen aiwatar da manufofin tsarin farashin kudin a bankin reserve da kuma tabbatar da tsarin farashin kudin bayan karewar mulkin apartheid, kamar yadda jam’iyyar African National Congress (ANC) ta bayyana. Shi memba ne na majalisar zartarwa ta jam’iyyar, wadda ita ce mafi girman hukumar shawarwari. ANC ta ce, “Gudunmawar sa a fannin tattalin arziya ta taimaka Afirka ta Kudu wajen guje wa matsalolin tattalin arziya, kuma an san shi da daraja a gida da waje.” Sun amince cewa, ko da lokacin da yake aiki ya yi ƙaranci, ya shugabanci manufofin tattalin arziyar ƙasar a lokacin da aka fi bukatar sa.
A cikin shekarunsa na ƙarshe, Mboweni ya samu karbuwa daga ‘yan Afirka ta Kudu saboda abubuwan da yake yi na nishadi na dafa abinci, inda yake raba tarurrukan abinci da kulla mu’amala da mutane a X.
