#RedFriday kicks start today to push govt to be responsive Source: Ghana | Myjoyonline Date: 11-07-2014 Time: 06:07:20:am Organisers of Occupy Flagstaff House are urging Ghanaians to wear red attires today in a fresh campaign dubbed The Red Campaign aimed at pushing government to address concerns raised in their earlier petition. The crusade will simultaneously run on social media with the hash tag Red Friday (#REDFRIDAY) with which Ghanaians would express their opinions about how government is managing the economy. On Fridays, Ghanaians will be encouraged to join discussions on social media. It is important that Ghanaians using social media to participate in these discussions use the hash tags #redfriday and #occupyflagstaffhouse, as by doing so, it will be possible to gather important data for the campaign, said a statement from George Kojo Anti, Executive Secretary of Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance (CGRG), organisers of the campaigns. The 20-point petiton of CGRG to President John Mahama range from erratic power supply, unpaid statutory funds, unreliable supply of potable water across the country, the ever-depreciating value of the cedi, constant increases in taxes, inefficient revenue collection, very poor road networks, constant increments in utility tariffs, frequent increase in the prices of petroleum products”. Occupy Flagstaff House is the mother project. So Red Friday is one of the children of Occupy Flagstaff House. Every Ghanaian who has this country at heart, every Ghanaian who wants to see a change in this country…should come onto Facebook, Twitter, or Google+ and other social media and then deliberate with us on the petition that we presented to the President, he said in an interview with Joy News. He said this is important in order to keep the President on his toes. Below is the full statement on the Red Campaign from CGRG: Unable to continue to sit back and watch Ghana needlessly slide into economic disarray and the kind of national disgrace that typified the participation of our unique national asset, the Black Stars, in the World Cup, on Republic Day Tuesday, 1st July, 2014, we, the members of the non-partisan civil society group Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Governance, stood up to demand better from our government. In doing so, we acted in the finest traditions of citizen engagement, believing that to be our right and duty. In the petition we handed to presidential staffers on that day, we made very clear economic demands of the presidency. The demands were not new, but the issues they were to address have persisted beyond reasonable time, leading to a most probable conclusion that either the government has real capacity issues or simply unwilling to budge. Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Government has decided that it will press on through a campaign of civic engagement and mobilization solely aimed at bringing more concerned Ghanaians together to spur the kind of action needed to reverse the rapidly deteriorating economic situation and to enhance the quality of political discourse. This Friday, July 11th, Concerned Ghanaians for Responsible Government will launch a new campaign called The RED Campaign - #REDFRIDAY. We plan to engage Ghanaians across the board through all appropriate media, with social media as a primary outreach vehicle. Each week, from Sunday to Thursday, the campaign will put out petition points and encourage their dissemination across major social media platforms and traditional media outlets. On Fridays, Ghanaians will be encouraged to join discussions on social media. It is important that Ghanaians using social media to participate in these discussions use the hash tags #redfriday and #occupyflagstaffhouse, as by doing so, it will be possible to gather important data for the campaign. We will also encourage Ghanaians to wear the colour red on Fridays as the primary means of indicating solidarity with the campaign. Lastly, we encourage Ghanaians to post photos and videos of themselves in red engaged in this campaign, via the hash tags #redfriday #occupyflagstaffhouse. Please visit the Face book pages CONCERNED GHANAIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE or OCCUPY GHANA for more information. Do not sit unconcerned. Arise and get involved. Ghana Deserves Better! GOD BLESS OUR DEAR HOMELAND GHANA!!! Thank you for your kind attention. SIGNED: George Kojo Anti Executive Secretary 10TH JULY, 2014 [GN] SHARE THIS PAGE inShare EmailEmail PrintPrint Comments Have your say... 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