The federal government has allocated more than four billion birr to an initiative that would see the renovation or construction of several palaces, popular tourist attractions, and government buildings in the coming fiscal year. Next year will also see a 200 million birr tourist development project for the Sof Omar caves, another 250 million birr spent on the protection and development of Awash Park, and 31 million birr allocated to construction works at Wondo Genet Resort. - Advertisement -A separate 286 million birr is to go towards the design and study of palaces. The government has earmarked 200 million birr for maintenance works for the House of Federation in Addis Ababa, while the House of People’s Representatives will see a 500 million birr recurrent budget and a 100 million birr capital budget. The Office of the Prime Minister will take up 200 million birr in capital budget in addition to half a billion birr in recurrent expenditures.

Source: Ethiopian News June 15, 2024 07:45 UTC