The Addis Ababa City Administration Construction and Housing Development Bureau (ACHDB) has temporarily suspended issuing license for new contractors and consultants, according to Capital.

The Construction bureau is now counter checking licenses that were issued a year ago to contractors who used false documents.

The Ministry of Urban Development, Housing and Construction (MUDHCo) ordered the bureau to suspend issuing new license and to check whether the documents that were availed by the companies were authentic.

After receiving repetitive comments that some contractors got license by availing forged documents, the Ministry gave the order.

Licenses that were issued in the 2014/15 budget year are subjected to investigation.

Tsegaye Worku, CEO of Construction and Industry Development and Regulatory Authority at ACHDB told Capital its office will report results of the inspection which begun last week to MUDHCo in short time.

Source: Capital