Infrastructure
New Directive Mandates Gyms and First Aid Facilities in Government Buildings
The Reporter (Amharic) · 3 hours ago · Read the Full Story on The Reporter (Amharic)
AI SUMMARY
The Addis Ababa City Administration has issued a new directive requiring government buildings to include essential facilities such as first aid stations, daycare centers, and gymnasiums.
- The Addis Ababa City Administration issued the Government Building Development, Standard, and Administration Directive.
- Government buildings must include first aid stations, daycare centers, parking and car wash areas, gymnasiums, security control rooms, and data centers.
- The directive also mandates cafeteria services, assembly halls, warehouses, guard posts, and property maintenance departments.
- Renting institutions must display a sign with their name and service on the building or fence front.
- Government offices are required to implement modern, technology-supported security services.
- Parking areas must be paved with asphalt or stone and clearly marked according to standards.
- Building management offices at various levels are responsible for enforcing the regulations.
- Sub-city offices are tasked with identifying ownerless buildings and reporting them to the Authority.
- Purchased office buildings must use quality construction materials and meet required space standards.
- The Addis Ababa City Administration spends over one billion birr annually on office rentals.
- The federal government allocated four billion birr in the 2017 E.C. fiscal year for office construction to reduce rental burdens.
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