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Ethiopia's PM Abiy will construct a Palace for 49 Billion Birr which is > 3.5 times annual health budget

Post by sarcasm » 21 May 2022, 08:23

Prime Minister Office to Construct a 49 Billion Birr Palace (Addis Insight)

The Office of the Prime Minister is finalizing its preparation to construct a new national palace at a cost of 49 billion birr, when commenced the project will become PM Abiy most expensive mega project to date. Also, the project will become the second biggest public project next to the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which has costed over 130 billion birr thus far.

Situated on a sprawling 503 hectares of land at Yeka Hill, in Yeka Sub-city, the construction touches five woredas, which will harbor the construction of halls, 3 artificial lakes, housing units and road infrastructures, among other facilities.

Part of the government’s 10 year perspective plan, the project will see the evacuation of thousands of people. However, the residents will be given a chance to develop their own property on their land, if it fits the standard of the area, where the palace will be built.

According to The Reporter the UAE government will contribute a portion of the budget needed to construct the palace.

The Ethiopian Roads Administration (ERA) has already started to construct a 20 km long road in the area, of which, nine kms has already been built.

The road construction alone is estimated to cost 15 billion birr. Officials at the Office of the Prime Minister call the new initiative “Chaka Project.”

Continue reading https://addisinsight.net/prime-office-t ... r-project/


Annual Ethiopian health budget 2019/20 was 12.64 billion birr.