The Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) has reached a 98.9 percent completion rate, bringing Ethiopia closer to “achieving its national dream after 14 years of work,” according to the Director of the Ethiopian Dam Project Coordination Office, Aregawi Berhe.
Berhe stated on Wednesday that the dam symbolizes national sovereignty and popular unity, emphasizing that it was constructed without any external loans or aid. This assertion directly countered recent remarks by President Donald Trump, who criticized past U.S. administrations’ alleged funding of the dam, Gazette Plus reported.
He highlighted that Ethiopia has “paved its way towards poverty eradication by building a dam on the Blue Nile.” He added that millions of Ethiopians contributed to the project financially, morally, intellectually, and diplomatically.
Berhe noted that over 23 billion Ethiopian Birrs were raised through bond purchases to finance the dam’s construction, describing the project’s achievement as a historic victory.
Two weeks prior, Trump publicly criticized previous US administrations for funding the Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, which he claimed “prevents water from reaching Egypt.”
On his Truth Social platform, Trump asserted that the massive dam “was built with stupid funding from the US” and described it as “significantly reducing water flowing into the Nile River.”
Trump’s statements angered Ethiopian officials, who, in turn, denied any US funding for the dam. Ethiopian Minister of Water and Energy, Habtamu Itefa, responded to Trump’s remarks by stating that the project “was built by the Ethiopian people.”
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam nears completion at 98.9% Egypt Independent.
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