Adiss Ababa (Hornpost) The President of the Republic, His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, took part in the official inauguration of the Great Renaissance Dam of Ethiopia (GERD) in the Benishangul Region of Ethiopia.
Hydroelectric device, the GERD has an imposing energy infrastructure of 1.8 km wide and 145 m high.
It was built over nearly 15 years, with a cost estimated at around $4 billion.
If it has the immediate potential to put an end to the energy disparities that have characterized Ethiopia up until then, it would also have a purpose to endow this country with a new source of income and revenue.
The GERD is called to generate about $ 1 billion in profit per year, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has recently estimated, who is also pleased that this new device connects his country to the prospect of commercializing and exporting electricity to the states of America. region.
The Republic of Djibouti has a strategic partnership with Ethiopia, extending to all neuralgic sectors of cooperation, including electricity and water, two topics related to the inauguration dam.
It is in this that the inauguration of the Great Dam of the Ethiopian Renaissance (GERD) is for our country a major event for the region.
Djibouti, participating in this inauguration, emphasizes that GERD can play a key role in regional economic integration and contribute to peace and stability.
The reaction of the President of the Republic, His Excellency Ismail Omar Guelleh, to the Press, following his participation in this event, is, in fact, symbolic of such a state of mind.
“The realization of this dam is a historical event through which the sister nation of Ethiopia holds the image of Africa very high,” said the Head of State in this speech.
“This is a development project designed for Africa, by an African nation, Ethiopia, a brother and friend country whose know-how is to the extent of its ability to have built this gigantic project from end to end,” said President Guelleh, in his momentum. relaying “the joy and pride that this achievement brings”.
A significant number of 1st rank officials including Heads of State and Government of Africa as well as main officials of the African Union took part in the inauguration of the GERD.
In addition to the President of the Republic and Prime Minister of Ethiopia, Kenyan President Mr William Ruto, Somali President Mr Hassan Cheick Mahamoud, South Sudan President Mr Salva Kiir and African Union Commission President Mr Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, among others, participated at this event.
Hornpost Staff Reporter
