{"id":253468,"date":"2016-09-30T06:00:39","date_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=253468"},"modified":"2016-09-30T06:00:39","modified_gmt":"2016-09-30T06:00:39","slug":"living-open-defecation-a-feature-by-citi-fms-umaru-sanda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/living-open-defecation-a-feature-by-citi-fms-umaru-sanda\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Open Defecation: A feature by Citi FM&#8217;s Umaru Sanda"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana is poised to meet the Sustainable Development Goals, MDGs. 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