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SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT

Left to right, Minister of Peace Muferia Kamil, Attorney General Adanech Abebe, and Netsanet Lemessa, CEO of Ethiopian Insurance Company (EIC), held a ceremony to mark the state insurer’s donation of 10 million Br to the newly formed national task force.

SUPPORT FOR THE FIGHT

Left to right, Minister of Peace Muferia Kamil, Attorney General Adanech Abebe, and Netsanet Lemessa, CEO of Ethiopian Insurance Company (EIC), held a ceremony to mark the state insurer’s donation of 10 million Br to the newly formed national task force to mobilise resources for emergency preparedness against the spread of the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) on March 27, 2020. The ceremony was carried out in keeping with the advice of social distancing, with each individual at a distance from one another. Adanech, who is also board chairperson of the insurer, and Netsanet handed a check to Muferiat, coordinator of the task force.

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