ANDM zonal office head, Dereje Mekonnen said the nominies are efficiently discharging their responsibilities, in their respective fields of work, towards attaining the target set to ensure good governance and democratic order in the new millennium.

He said 11 of the candidates will ran for the vacant seats in the national parliament, while the rest are candidates of seats in towns’ administration, woreda and kebele councils.

Some 50 percent of the candidates are female, he said and added that preparations have been finalized to get the candidates evaluated by the public.

R--10:00-10:34 Am

E--10:40-10:46

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