{"id":4359,"date":"2014-03-06T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=4359"},"modified":"2014-03-06T13:10:48","modified_gmt":"2014-03-06T13:10:48","slug":"every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/","title":{"rendered":"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"President<\/a>
President John Mahama<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

President John Mahama has declared everyday as \u201cmade in Ghana day\u201d as part of a campaign to vigorously promote the domestic manufacturing industry.<\/p>\n

This comes after he called on Ghanaians to develop the appetite for local goods to create the needed domestic market for Ghana\u2019s entrepreneurs during the state of the nation address.<\/p>\n

According to President Mahama, this campaign is to add steam to the promotion of Friday wear by the previous President Kufuor administration.<\/p>\n

Former President John Kufuor\u2019s administration through the Ministry of Trade, Industry, Private Sector Development and the President\u2019s special initiative (PSI) eight years ago, launched the \u201cNational Friday Wear programme,\u201d to promote the wearing of local fabrics on Friday.<\/p>\n

This was an opportunity to showcase Ghana’s unique wealth of exquisite designs and traditional techniques in the textile industry and also make in-roads into the restricted international textile market.<\/p>\n

Delivering the 57th Independence Day address at the Black Star Square, President Mahama noted that \u201cthe time has come for us to move Ghana to the next level, I\u2019m calling for every day to be made a made in Ghana day\u201d.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the President\u2019s campaign comes at a time when local<\/em> textile producers are sounding alarms bells of the gradual collapse of the textile industry in Ghana.<\/p>\n

Some of the local textile companies including Akosombo Textile Limited, Ghana Textile Print (GTP) and Printex have cut down significantly on production due to Ghana\u2019s trade liberalization policies and programmes, leading to competition with cheap imports from Asia.<\/p>\n

The Textiles, Garment and Leather Employees Union (TEGLEU) of the Ghana Federation of Labour has also consistently lamented the smuggling and importation of pirated textile into the country.<\/p>\n

According to them, the industry which once employed about 25,000 workers, now employs less than 4,000.<\/p>\n

President Mahama also reiterated his government\u2019s commitment to add value to raw materials produced in Ghana and cut down on the importation of some items into the country.<\/p>\n

This comes after government early on announced plans to stop the importation of some items into the country, which is contributing to the pressure on the cedi.<\/p>\n

He explained that Ghanaians are some of the most enterprising people in the world, \u201cwe are smart, we are creative, we are crafty, we have a good business sense and when put to the sense we are indeed hard working\u201d adding that \u201cthere is no reason why a significant number of the items that we import to use on a daily basis cannot be made right here in Ghana\u2026If we are to be truly independent we can\u2019t not allow our destiny to be determined by corporations, industries or individuals who exist beyond our national borders\u201d.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

By: Rabiu Alhassan\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President John Mahama has declared everyday as \u201cmade in Ghana day\u201d as part of a campaign to vigorously promote the domestic manufacturing industry. This comes after he called on Ghanaians to develop the appetite for local goods to create the needed domestic market for Ghana\u2019s entrepreneurs during the state of the nation address. According to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":2143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[21,4],"yoast_head":"\nEvery day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"President John Mahama has declared everyday as \u201cmade in Ghana day\u201d as part of a campaign to vigorously promote the domestic manufacturing industry. This comes after he called on Ghanaians to develop the appetite for local goods to create the needed domestic market for Ghana\u2019s entrepreneurs during the state of the nation address. According to […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2014-03-06T13:04:32+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2014-03-06T13:10:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mahama-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"960\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"639\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@citi973\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Jonas Nyabor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/\",\"name\":\"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2014-03-06T13:04:32+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2014-03-06T13:10:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/\",\"name\":\"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always\",\"description\":\"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b\",\"name\":\"Jonas Nyabor\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Jonas Nyabor\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","og_description":"President John Mahama has declared everyday as \u201cmade in Ghana day\u201d as part of a campaign to vigorously promote the domestic manufacturing industry. This comes after he called on Ghanaians to develop the appetite for local goods to create the needed domestic market for Ghana\u2019s entrepreneurs during the state of the nation address. According to […]","og_url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/","og_site_name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/citi97.3","article_published_time":"2014-03-06T13:04:32+00:00","article_modified_time":"2014-03-06T13:10:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":960,"height":639,"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/mahama-1.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Jonas Nyabor","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@citi973","twitter_site":"@citi973","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Jonas Nyabor","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/","name":"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares - Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2014-03-06T13:04:32+00:00","dateModified":"2014-03-06T13:10:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/03\/every-day-is-made-in-ghana-day-mahama-declares\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Every day is made in Ghana day \u2013Mahama declares"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/","name":"Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always","description":"Ghana News | Ghana Politics | Ghana Soccer | Ghana Showbiz","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/476b2fb2e9233445afbfa2662d85fe6b","name":"Jonas Nyabor","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/b74e004fce505330b7ba17aeaae177b3?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Jonas Nyabor"},"url":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/author\/jonas\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4359"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4359\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}