Thursday July 10, 2014
EVENT: Launching The RED FRIDAY Campaign
GROUP: CONCERNED GHANAIANS
FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE
Unable to continue to sit back and
watch Ghana needlessly slide into
economic disarray and the kind of
national disgrace that typified the
participation of our unique national
asset, the Black Stars, in the World
Cup, on Republic Day Tuesday, 1st
July, 2014, we, the members of the
non-partisan civil society group
Concerned Ghanaians for
Responsible Governance, stood up
to demand better from our
government. In doing so, we acted
in the finest traditions of citizen
engagement, believing that to be
our right and duty.
In the petition we handed to
presidential staffers on that day, we
made very clear economic demands
of the presidency. The demands
were not new, but the issues they
were to address have persisted
beyond reasonable time, leading to
a most probable conclusion that
either the government has real
capacity issues or simply unwilling
to budge.
Concerned Ghanaians for
Responsible Governance has
decided that it will press on
through a campaign of civic
engagement and mobilization
solely aimed at bringing more
concerned Ghanaians together to
spur the kind of action needed to
reverse the rapidly deteriorating
economic situation and to enhance
the quality of political discourse.
This Friday, July 11th, Concerned
Ghanaians for Responsible
Governance will launch a new
campaign called The RED Campaign
- #REDFRIDAY . We plan to engage
Ghanaians across board through all
appropriate media, with social
media as a primary outreach
vehicle. Each week, from Sunday to
Thursday, the campaign will put
out petition points and encourage
their dissemination across major
social media platforms and
traditional media outlets. On
Fridays, Ghanaians will be
encouraged to join discussions on
social media. It is important that
Ghanaians using social media to
participate in these discussions
use the hash tags #redfriday and
# occupyflagstaffhouse , as by doing
so, it will be possible to gather
important data for the campaign.
We will also encourage Ghanaians
to wear, in addition to the made in
Ghana Friday wear, the colour red
on Fridays as the primary means of
indicating solidarity with the
campaign. Lastly, we encourage
Ghanaians to post photos and
videos of themselves in red
engaged in this campaign, via the
hash tags #redfriday
#occupyflagstaffhouse. Please visit the Facebook pages CONCERNED
GHANAIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE
GOVERNANCE or OCCUPY GHANA
for more information.
Do not sit unconcerned. Arise and
get involved.
Ghana Deserves Better!
GOD BLESS OUR DEAR HOMELAND
GHANA!!!
Thank you for your kind attention.
SIGNED
George Kojo Anti
Executive Secretary
10TH JULY, 2014
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