President Akufo-Addo has approved the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2019, (Act 986).
A statement signed and issued by the Minister of Interior, Mr. Ambrose Dery on Wednesday, May 8 announced that President Akufo-Addo assented to the new Act on April 16, 2019.
It added: "the Public Holidays (Amendment) Act 2019, (Act 986) states, Statutory Public Holidays and Commemorative days:
Public Holidays
New Year's Day - 1st January Constitution Day - 7th January Independence Day - 6th March Good Friday Easter Monday Eid-Al-Fitr (Ramadan) Eid-Al-Adha (Hajj) Workers' Day - 1st May Founders' Day - 4th August Kwame Nkrumah Memorial day - 21st September Farmers day - 1st Friday in December Christmas Day - 25th December Boxing Day - 26th December
Commemorative Days
African Union Day - 25th May Republic day - 1st July
Whilst the public holiday days would be observed as such, the commemorative days would be observed but not to be observed as holidays.
The general public is hereby informed accordingly.