A dilapidated single-deck bus is being escorted to a disposal site, as it is slowly being carried away in the street around Adey Abeba, Saris. The truck which once served as a retailing trailer for bread and other goods under the prosperous name 'Sheger' now beholds its final fate. The audacious Sheger project spearheaded by Takele Uma, former City Mayor, the Sheger Bread & Flour Factory was designed to provide low-cost bread to those affected by the soaring cost of living. The federal government’s belief in Ethiopia’s self-sufficiency in wheat production has led to a termination in imports. In his last week's briefing to the parliament, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed(PhD), revealed an area coverage of wheat spanning 4.2million hcts and a 7.7 million quintal harvest, tempering self-sufficiency.
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