The people and government of Ethiopia have recently celebrated the fifth year anniversary of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), a multi-billion dollar hydro electric project, being constructed on the Blue Nile river, in the Guba Woreda, Benshangul-Gumuz State.
They are cognizant to the fact that constructing the Dam has many fringe benefits to the country's economic growth through providing sustainable cheap power for local consumption as well as for neighbouring countries' intakes. To put their finger-prints on this national holding, citizens are providing their impassioned support to GERD since the beginning.
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