Four former ‘corrupt’ officials at the ministry of Education of Ethiopia are arrested suspected of for allegedly making the government loss 280 million birr in a bidding process. The officials have cheated during books printing bid for grade 1 to grade 8 students and teaching books, which took place three years ago. The arrest of the officials came after an Indian company, which won the bid but told by the officials that it has lost the bid appealed to the Anti-Corruption Commission of Ethiopia, according to the state broadcaster – ETV report this evening. In total the country has lost over 280 million birr according to the report. The police has also blocked bank accounts of the relatives of the four individuals with huge amount of money.

Source: Ethiopian News September 22, 2020 18:33 UTC