EVENT: Launching The RED FRIDAY Campaign

PRESS RELEASE

Thursday July 10, 2014

EVENT: Launching The RED FRIDAY Campaign

GROUP: CONCERNED GHANAIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE

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 page CONCERNED GHANAIANS FOR RESPONSIBLE GOVERNANCE for more information.

Do not sit unconcerned. Arise and get involved. Ghana Deserves Better!

CGRG - Responsible Governance for a Happy People.

GOD BLESS OUR DEAR HOMELAND GHANA!!!

Thank you for your kind attention.

SIGNED

George Kojo Anti

Executive Secretary

10TH JULY, 2014

For any further information please contact the following persons:

George Kojo Anti - 0572666256

Rodney Hyde Longdon - 0209789910

Thank you

Nana Akwasi Awuah

Group Convener

0575415816