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By Tedla Desta - Capital
25 September, 2007
Ethiopia is to establish a grand library within a few months, Capital learnt.
The library will be built in Addis Ababa in a plot granted by the government
behind the Flamingo Restaurant and Bar located just near Meskal Square on
Bole Road.
The facility named the Millennium Library is a project undertaken by the Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat and will cost 1,880,000 USD to construct.
The Millennium Library will provide service for about 1000 persons at a time.
It is one of the largest projects planned to be implemented during this year by the Secretariat.
“The Secretariat also plans to execute other projects this year including the erection of five historical monuments, organization of two regional and international soccer tournaments Promotion, and construction of a multi-purpose children center.” Said Tamirat Geremew, Promotion and Communication Officer at the Addis Ababa Millennium Secretariat.
The Addis Ababa City Millennium Celebration Council is entrusted with the task of overseeing the various activities that will be implemented at City level. In order to undertake the different programs with the involvement of a responsible body, the City Council has established the Secretariat to handle the various economic, social and cultural programs to be implemented in an organized manner.
In related development; Tamirat said that the magazine titled “Addis Ababa in the past Millennium and prospects for the future” has been finalized with produced with a cost of 450,000 birr.
The magazine prepared in Amharic and English languages, narrates Addis Ababa from historical, political, cultural, economic and social sides. The publication of the French version of the magazine is underway.2000 copies have been made ready and will be distributed to the offices in the City Government.
And documentary film titled ‘Adey’ showing the tourism and investment potentials of the city of Addis have been televised for the public. The cost of production of this single documentary is 75,000 birr. And 500,000 birr has been allocated for the production of the other 10 documentaries.