Joke of the day: A Street named after Meles Zenawi in Merhabete

Source: Ethiopian Woyanne News Agency

Merahabete, January 28, 2008 (Addis Ababa) – Two streets in Alem town of the Merhabete Woreda, North Shoa Zone of the Amhara State, are named after Prime Minister Monster Meles Zenawi and Founder and Chairman of Munschen fur Munschen, Karl Heinz Bohm as of 28 Jan. 2008.

The woreda administration named the two roads after the prominent personalities as part of the new Ethiopian millennium celebration in the woreda.

Chief of the woreda administration, Fishka Mulat, said on the occasion that the roads are named after the premier and the renowned philanthropist in recognition to their contributions toward the development of the nation in general and that of the woreda in particular.

Meanwhile, another road constructed at a cost of 4.5 million Birr in the woreda was named as ‘millennium road’.

Thousands of people in the woreda, government officials, and invited guests were in attendance at the celebration.

Source: ENA