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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 “Batakari Day.”<\/p>\n

This forms part SADA’s plans to expose the culture in the northern part of the country to the local and international community.<\/p>\n

It also forms part of a broader policy brief captioned, “The Grass is Greener,” which is to\u00a0harness resources to improve upon the socio-economic lives of people\u00a0dwelling within the Savanna Zone of the country.<\/p>\n

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The “Batakari Day” will be launched at a ceremony to be held at the offices of the World Bank Ghana office on September 4, 2015.<\/p>\n

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

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

The “Grass is Greener” 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>\n

By: Pius Amihere Eduku\/Citimonline.com\/Ghana.<\/p>\n

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