If u havent got your 'BATAKARI' yet. you need to get one fast because the first Friday of every Month has been declared National Batakari Day.
The Savannah Accelerated Development Authority(SADA) and the government of Ghana officially made this declaration on Friday 4th September.
On the first Friday of every month everyone is supposed to wear the locally produced ‘Batakari’ to work and all their functions to promote the cloth, boost patronage of made in Ghana goods, and to give it a more international appeal.
Other expectations of the project
are to boost employment opportunities for, and increase the incomes of; the
large number of people the ‘batakari’ industry employs.
The Minister of Tourism, Culture and
Creative Arts, Mrs Elizabeth Ofosu Agyare, who launched the Friday wear, said
wearing ‘batakari’ not only gave Ghanaians a proud and unique identity, but
promoted employment creation and helped to address the rural-urban drift.
She also revealed that a lot of
youth up north were ready to boost production of ‘batakari’, but the rest of
the country had not caught up to the trend yet.
Lets just hope this isn't a nine day wonder
The
Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA) and the government of
- See more at:
http://www.ghanacelebrities.com/2015/09/06/first-friday-of-every-month-designated-national-batakari-day/#sthash.1qcWXnds.dpuf
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