Ambassador Girma Birru, Special Envoy and Ambassador Extra-ordinary and Plenipotentiary to the United States of America, made the remark at an evening reception at the University Club of Saint Paul, Minnesota to the crowd of Books For Africa/BFA/, a not-for-profit Organization supporters of sending much needed books to Ethiopia.

Revealing to the audience about the coming five-year Education Plan that Ethiopia has charted out and the subsequent goals envisioned to be attained, the Special Envoy apprised the congregation that the country is expected to realize the MDG by attaining the 100 percent mark in both the sexes on a fair and equitable footing