he Council of Ministers in its 22nd regular meeting today. Photo: PMOAddis Abeba – Ethiopia’s Council of Ministers, led by Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed, passed a new draft bill to regulate the management and use of classified government information, the rights and obligations of various government institutions, government officials and employees, as well as the parties to whom the information is accessible in different ways. The Council in its 22nd regular meeting held today has also approved three other draft bills, according to the official readout. Accordingly, the draft bill is submitted to the Council on the need to “clearly define classified government information” and state provisions to regulate the use of such information, including the rights and obligations of government institutions and that of third parties whom such information is made accessible to in different ways. Accordingly, the draft bill providing the rights for Ethio-Biopharma Group to produce human and animal vaccines, medicines, medical facilities and equipment, as well as related products in Ethiopia in order to reduce foreign currency costs and make the products accessible to neighboring countries, and a draft bill to allow Shieldvax Enterprise, a company owned and managed by Ethio-Biopharma Group, to produce vaccines and related products focused only on human health, and supplying them to the local and foreign markets, as well as engage in knowledge and technology transfer activities have been unanimously approved by the Council to be effective from the day they were published in the Negarit Newspaper.” AS

Source: Ethiopian News July 19, 2023 10:54 UTC