Addis Ababa: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said the reforms made on institutions have enabled to create competitive institutions at continental level.
The premier made the remark at the award ceremony at Adwa Victory Memorial Museum to honor five institutions today.
The PM said on the occasion that the institutions were awarded for doing work that made them competitive at the continental level.
Noting that success is not a goal but a journey that continues with needs, Abiy stressed that the awards given to the institutions stimulate them to do more in the future.
The prime minister recalled that Ethiopia was one of the African countries that imported much wheat.
The country has now become the leading wheat producing country in Africa with the work done in a short period of time, he said, adding that the Ministry of Agriculture has played a major role in this success.
Similarly, he pointed out that Ethiopian Airlines was able to continue as a competitive institution by performing actions that redeemed the se
ason when faced by COVID-19 pandemic.
According to him, the airline is currently a huge institution that dominates Africa in the field and the recent acquisition of aircraft and terminal expansion works will further enhance its competitiveness.
Following the reform, Ethio telecom has also more than doubled the number of customers and has now over 76 million customers. The number of Tele Birr users has reached 43 million.
Abiy underscored that the recognition given to the institution will create incentive to build capacities in the sectors.
Ethio Post was able to be effective in a short period by implementing reform works.
The PM pointed out that the institution has not only come out of bankruptcy, but has been able to become a model on a continental level in some of its procedures.
The leaders and employees of the institution have contributed a lot to this, he stated.
Abiy further noted that the reform works done on the construction of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam are a demonstration of the effe
ctiveness of institutional reform.
Passing through the challenges, the history of the dam construction process has been accomplished.
He said the dam will be a center of regional integration in the continent.
Winners of the Ethiopian Institutional Success Award are Ministry of Agriculture’s wheat program, Ethiopian Airlines, Ethio Post, Ethio Telecom, and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) project.
Source: Ethiopian News Agency
The Namibian Standards Institution (NSI) held a consultative meeting in Gobabis on Tuesday to discuss the proposed National Standardisation Strategy with its different stakeholders.
The National Standardization Strategy is a need-based guideline document that identifies key priority sectors for standardisation needs and through its consultations, NSI aims to gather data that will be used to compile the National Standards Plan.
Officiating the meeting Karukirue Tjijenda the Omaheke regional Development and Planning Director in a speech delivered on his behalf expressed gratitude to the National Standardisation Strategy Task Force for having worked tirelessly in responding to the national request to coordinate the development of the National Standardization Strategy document.
‘I would like to convey my gratitude to all international, continental and regional partners for their continuous financial and technical support in the realization of this enormous project on behalf of the Namibian government in genera
l and the Ministry of Industrialization and Trade in particular, he noted.
The National Standardisation Strategy development as part of the broader National Quality Policy implementation is a positive government intervention that highlights its strategic intent and commitment in pursuit of quality excellence and enhancement across all sectors of the Namibian economy,’ he said.
Tjijenda noted that by being the National Standard Body for Namibia, the NSI would continue to promote standardisation of commodities for the safety of consumers, protection of the environment and improved access to global markets.
The National Standardisation Strategy Task Force Secretary, Nelson Tjihozu, highlighted that consultation is very important and participation from stakeholders is also very crucial as this helps in the implementation of strategies.
‘We are in the process of developing the National Standardisation Strategy, thus, you are the ones to tell us in your specific sectors and sub-sectors or fields what your prior
ities standards are from the Omaheke region,’ he indicated.
Source: The Namibia Press Agency