{"id":1394,"date":"2025-09-02T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/?p=1394"},"modified":"2025-09-02T10:05:37","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T10:05:37","slug":"the-state-minister-highlights-ethiopias-unity-sacrifice-and-achievement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/2025\/09\/02\/the-state-minister-highlights-ethiopias-unity-sacrifice-and-achievement\/","title":{"rendered":"The State Minister Highlights Ethiopia\u2019s Unity, Sacrifice, and Achievement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>August 26, 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>State Minister of Government Communication Service, Mr. Tesfahun Gobezay, reaffirmed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a powerful symbol of national unity and determination.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During a site visit with arts and media professionals, Mr. Tesfahun described GERD as \u201ca living tribute to what Ethiopians can achieve when they stand together and contribute their sweat and blood.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He emphasized that GERD is not merely a dream fulfilled; it stands as proof that Ethiopia can initiate and complete transformative projects. From political leaders who withstood intense pressures, to security forces who paid the ultimate price, and workers enduring harsh conditions\u2014every sector of society played a vital role.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr.Tesfahun also credited arts and media professionals for inspiring a public movement that transformed the Nile\u2019s underdevelopment into a national cause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The visit to the dam, often called the \u201cModern-day Adwa,\u201d coincides with preparations for a historic celebration, highlighting Ethiopia\u2019s renaissance spirit.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reflecting on the emotional significance of this achievement, the Minister stated, \u201cIt is the result of a drop of blood, a drop of sweat, a drop of tears, and a drop of water\u2014a legacy built by every Ethiopian.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/image-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/image-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/image-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/image-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/09\/image.png 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>August 26, 2017 State Minister of Government Communication Service, Mr. Tesfahun Gobezay, reaffirmed the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) as a powerful symbol of national unity and determination.&nbsp; During a site visit with arts and media professionals, Mr. Tesfahun described GERD as \u201ca living tribute to what Ethiopians can achieve when they stand together and&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1394","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news_en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1394"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1396,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1394\/revisions\/1396"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gcs.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}