The National Council for the Coordination of Public Participation on the Construction of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) got an automobile valued at 570,000 Birr in donation to be used as a prize for the proposed SMS and lottery fundraising program.
The government introduced the new program to raise funds locally for the GERD project, a multi-billion dam being built over River Nile, in addition to the selling of bonds.
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