By African Demystifier
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed announced that His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates and Ruler of Abu Dhabi has granted full scholarship for 273 Ethiopian top scorer students.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed confirmed this Tuesday when he recognized the students who have performed outstandingly at the national level in their high school matriculation exams.
While delivering a speech of encouragement for the students at the Ethiopian Science Museum, Prime Minister Abiy told the top performers that with the support received from the UAE President, the government will send them to the best universities in the world.
Thus, the Prime Minister urged the students to be prepared for the scholarship abroad and improve their foreign languages until they travel for the scholarship.
He also encouraged the students to aspire for global engagements and serving all societies in Ethiopia and across the world.
He also presented the good wish and message of His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the President of the United Arab Emirates to the students.
Back in 2018 Primer Abiyโs administration also got US $2 billion as Foreign Direct Investment deal with United Arab Emirates and another US $ 1 billion in financial aid to help ease Ethiopiaโs struggle with chronic shortage of foreign currency and it is to be deposited to the national bank, according to sources from the office of the prime minister.
In addition, in many occasions Prime Minister Abiy states that His Highness Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed is a good friend of him and he has supported him financially for the physical development of the Unity Park and transforming Addis Ababa to a modern mega city.
This year 273 students scored top results in their Ethiopian high school leaving exams, 263 of them are from natural science streams who scored more than 600 out of 700 while the remaining 10 students are from social science streams who scored more than 500 out of 600.