All government employees were summoned to report back to work within the next 10 days by the Tigray Provisional Administration. This is the first call made since the Ethiopian National Defense Force (ENDF) left Mekelle in June 2021, which led to the collapse of the region’s civil service during the two years of war that followed.
Even though the violence has left many federal officials without a known whereabouts, the call has already been placed. Many civil servants in major towns of Tigray have been recently demanding that the new administration should pay their salary, in addition to making a call to return to work.
Seble Kahsay, commissioner of the civil service commission of the Tigray Interim Administration, stated that the newly formed administration will soon start paying workers whose two years of paychecks had been delayed by the war. However, aside from the previous three months, salaries will not be reimbursed.In an interview with the state-run Tigray television, Seble said that the…
