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Influence and Power of Sheik Al-Amoudi In Ethiopia
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Dr.Abdullahi Mohamed (Deputy Editor Geeska Afrika
Online)
Djibouti (HAN) May 15th, 2008
Bereket Simon, PR advisor of the Ethiopian Prime
Minister under ministerial portfolio, with Sheik
Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi, at the Sheraton Addis |
The
Influence and Power of Sheik Al-Amoudi In Ethiopia
Nairobi (HAN) May 15th,
2008- In an Official statement issued from Shekh Al- Amoudi
office, Al-Amoudi said that he was proud to have come from a
disciplined society. He said that the award recently given to
him encouraged him to do more for his country and committed
himself to fighting Ethiopia's real enemy: poverty. The Sheikh
called on all Ethiopians to practice tolerance for people with
different opinions and to work towards socio-economic
development. A very revealing article of how Al-Amoudi
conducts his business. Clearly he is not a good businessman but
someone riding on the coattail of either the Saudi royal family,
Meles zenawi, or the Ethiopian intellegince sources who pays Al-Amoudi
for protecting Ethiopian PM, Meles.
Bereket Simon, public relations advisor of the Prime Minister
under ministerial portfolio, with Sheik Mohammed Ali Al-Amoudi,
at the Sheraton Addis, a few minutes after the signing of the
2.6 billion Br contract agreement between Derba-MIDROC Cement
Plc and China National Building Material (CNBM).
The project includes the construction of a 17Km road from the
plant to the quarry; a 10Km asphalt road from Derba to the
plant, as well as the upgrading of 23Km of gravel road from
Chancho town to Derab. The machineries imports from Germany,
Japan, France, United Kingdom, Sweden, China and the United
States and their installations will cost close to 200 million
dollars, according to company sources.
Bidding against the Chinese Sinoma and the Turkish Enka, CNBM
has been selected to build a cement factory in Derba, near the
town of Chancho, 70Km west of Addis, with a daily capacity of
7,000tns, over three times more than what the state owned Mugher
Cement Factory produces now. CNBM, established in 2005, has
built 10 cement plants in Asia and Africa, including two in
Sudan, according to its General Manager, Haung Anzhong.
"We are happy to see the final contract has been achieved," he
said during the signing ceremony. "We have given competitive
prices and offered an advanced technology."
He promised to employ dry processing technology and to complete
the factory in March 2009.
This agreement was entered at a time when many in the business
community have become cynical due to MIDROC's inability to
deliver on its promises of importing 1.5 million tonnes of
cement in the past six months.
"It will come soon," said Sheik Al-Amoudi. "You will be
surprised."
One of his aides is pleased to see the signing of this contract,
however. He said of perhaps the 99 projects that may seek Sheik
Al-Amoudi's attention at any given time, making such progress
should be taken positively.
"I guarantee you that Mohammed will do this to the letter," the
aide told Fortune.
A Background Business Sources:
Reporter, HAN staff Reporter In Nairobi.
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