Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed stated that Ethiopia has registered a 6.1 economic growth during the last budget year.
During a Q&A session the parliament on the 6th year 1st extraordinary session of the House of Peoples Representatives, the premier said the country made possible such an achievement mitigating the impacts of the pandemic.
Citing multifaceted impacts of COVID 19 pandemic in social and economic spheres across the world, the premier said that Ethiopia has taken remarkable prevention measures to protect the economy.
Resisting the pressures demanding full lockdown in various economic areas like industrial parks and the aviation sector, the nation has managed to mitigate the impacts of the pandemic in the sector.
Ethiopia has undertaken a wide range of activities to secure economic stimulation supports from global financial institutions and partner countries to both itself and other African countries in a bid to alleviate the downturn caused by the pandemic, the premier noted.
Prime Minister Abiy recalled the COVID19 preventive supplies support form Jack Ma Foundation, the Alibaba Group in support of the fight against the pandemic in the African Continent.
Embassy of the FDR Ethiopia (Source)
