Oromia State Revenues and Customs Authority that the Authority has collected six Billion Birr in the past nine months of the fiscal year from various income titles, Ethiopian News Agency reported.
The Oromia Regional State has collected more than 484.5 Million Birr from tourism in the past nine months of the current fiscal year, Walta Information Center reported.
Oromia Revenues and Customs Authority disclosed it has already met the target it has set for the five years Growth and Transformation Plan (GTP I) period.
Avocado production and exports in Oromia State are experiencing growth, with plans to export 12,000 quintals of the fruit in the 2024/25 fiscal year, the Oromia State Agriculture Bureau announced.
Oromia State of Ethiopia plans to create more than 800 thousand job opportunities with an investment of 2.4 billion Birr. The job opportunities are said to be created in the coming months of the current fiscal year.
The project aims to engage the youth in manufacturing, mechanized agriculture, construction, and mining. In order to achieve this, 200 tractors, 1,400 water pumps and 101 crushers have been prepared.
