{"id":147742,"date":"2015-09-01T06:00:12","date_gmt":"2015-09-01T06:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=147742"},"modified":"2015-09-01T08:03:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-01T08:03:53","slug":"first-friday-of-every-month-to-be-declared-batakari-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=147742","title":{"rendered":"First Friday of every month to be declared &#8216;Batakari Day&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) are set to conclude a policy document to declare the first Friday of every month as &#8220;Batakari Day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This forms part SADA&#8217;s plans to expose the culture in the northern part of the country to the local and international community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It also forms part of a broader policy brief captioned, &#8220;The Grass is Greener,&#8221; which is to\u00a0harness resources to improve upon the socio-economic lives of people\u00a0dwelling within the Savanna Zone of the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/batakari-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-147802 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/batakari-2-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"batakari 2\" width=\"552\" height=\"368\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/batakari-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/batakari-2.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8220;Batakari Day&#8221; will be launched at a ceremony to be held at the offices of the World Bank Ghana office on September 4, 2015.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Key among the series of programmes outlined for the month include; Still and Motion Photography Exhibition, an experiential celebration of the people and cultures of the North of Ghana through garment, food, music and dance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The festival which is a\u00a0month long exhibition and\u00a0celebration of the sights, sounds and flavours of Northern Ghana is expected to be replicated across all the regional capitals in the country.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The &#8220;Grass is Greener&#8221; program is being sponsored by SADA,\u00a0with support from the Ministry of Trade and Industry,\u00a0Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Creative Arts,\u00a0Ghana Investment Promotion Centre -GIPC and\u00a0The World Bank Group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/Citimonline.com\/Ghana.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Trade and Industry and the Savanna Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) are set to conclude a policy document to declare the first Friday of every month as &#8220;Batakari Day.&#8221; This forms part SADA&#8217;s plans to expose the culture in the northern part of the country to the local and international community. 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