Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed visited the construction site of the Gode Urea Fertilizer Factory. He said the project would finish soon and solve one of Ethiopia's key problems.
The prime minister recalled an agreement reached with Aliko Dangote several months ago. It covered increasing Dangote Cement output and building a factory with annual capacity of 3 million metric tons of urea.
The original schedule was 40 months. Global demand for fertilizer and fuel prompted talks with Dangote to shorten the timeline by 40 months so production could supply both domestic and foreign markets.
Abiy said the team would return to the site in four months. Housing for 5,000 residents should be complete by then. He noted that food self-sufficiency remains the main agenda and Ethiopia has the land, water and people needed to produce surplus with better seeds and fertilizer.
