{"id":45072,"date":"2014-09-05T12:35:21","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T12:35:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=45072"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:34:23","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T14:34:23","slug":"citi-fm-launches-the-oneghana-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/09\/citi-fm-launches-the-oneghana-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Citi FM launches the #OneGhana project"},"content":{"rendered":"

Citi 97.3 FM<\/strong> has launched a new campaign aimed at rallying Ghanaians together to boost national development.<\/p>\n

The campaign seeks to get Ghana united to promote healthy patriotic conversations about national issues and to get action taken to improve the state of the nation.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”ZomFqI5wB8QSAVwvQ7scYT2dfJfGXaqp”]Ghana, the first sub-Saharan country to attain independence 57 years ago, is still going through a lot of challenges on all the major fronts. Cholera still kills people in Ghana, education, infrastructure and other key areas are facing dire challenges.<\/p>\n

The country’s currency keeps depreciating against other major currencies and businesses are going through difficult times.<\/p>\n

Labor unrest has also slowed down economic growth, farmers are reeling in hardships and the nation seems to be losing the fight against poverty.<\/p>\n

In addition, corruption and over-politicization of issues coupled with conflicts in some major towns have<\/p>\n

Citi FM<\/strong> launched the #ONEGhana campaign<\/strong><\/em> on Friday on the authoritative Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, and the director of news programming, Bernard Avle, outlined the objective of the campaign.<\/p>\n

“We want to urge the youth and the next generation of leaders to learn from the past and build a better future for our children and children’s children.<\/p>\n

“We’ve been exporting gold in its raw forms for many years with no gold processing center. We’ve been exporting cocoa for many years but cocoa farmers are still very poor without any proper cocoa industry in Africa. Holland, Switzerland and the UK control the cocoa market and we simple produce cocoa. The same happens with bauxite and oil. Our problems are very obvious but solving them is not easy. It takes great leadership on all fronts. We need doers and thinkers, not just talkers.”<\/p>\n

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According to Avle, the #ONEGHANA project<\/strong> <\/em>is something Citi FM<\/strong> is going to pursue religiously to change the mindsets of Ghanaians to unite, brainstorm and build the nation together.<\/p>\n

In line with creating the buzz and whip up patriotism, the station is giving out special #ONEGHANA<\/strong> vehicle bumper stickers to take the message further to the populace.<\/p>\n

The #ONEGHANA<\/strong> hashtag has seen a lot of activity on social media after the launch with people pledging to do more to make Ghana better.<\/p>\n

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Below are some of the #ONEGHANA tweets.<\/strong><\/p>\n