Hawassa city (Photo : file/SM)By Staff ReporterADDIS ABABA – (BORKENA) – Government officials have been engaged in looting of money and properties of the dissolved South Ethiopia Region, sources said. Anchor Media said, quoting its sources that five billion birr was stolen from the recently restructured former Region of the country. Officials who have been busy restructuring the Region seem to suppress the theft. The news source also said that Hawassa Town has been inundated by investors coming from Oromia Region to involve at the “big sale” in which communal properties including buildings and plots of land were sold on auction. Meanwhile workers of the Region are expressing grievances over the assigning process to the newly structured Regions.

Source: Ethiopian News September 03, 2023 07:44 UTC