The Interior Ministry has declared January 7, 2020, as a public holiday.
A statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, said the day “has been declared a Public Holiday to mark “Constitution Day.”
The statement called on Ghanaians to observe the day as a statutory public holiday throughout the country.
“The general is hereby informed that Tuesday, 7th January 2020 which marks Constitution Day, is a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country,” the statement added.
In December 2018 a bill was laid before Parliament to amend the Public Holiday Act 2001 to provide for three different holidays.
January 7 was among the proposed holidays.
This was to observe as “Constitution Day.”
Also, August 4, was named Founders’ Day and September 21 was marked as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.
In 2017, President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, proposed that August 4 should be observed as Founders Day in memory of the successive generations of Ghanaians who contributed to the liberation of the country from colonial rule.
September 21 was also set aside as a memorial day for Dr Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first President who was instrumental in the fight for the March 6, 1957 independence.
This bill was subsequently passed by Parliament and assented to by the President.