The Ministry of Interior on behalf of President Nana Akufo-Addo Dankwa Addo has declared March 8, 2021, as a public holiday.
According to a statement on the ministry’s website on March 1, is because the country’s Independence Day is a Statutory Public Holiday that falls on a weekend.
Portions of the statement read;
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“The general public is hereby notified that Saturday, 6th March 2021 marks Independence Day which is a Statutory Public Holiday.
“However, in view of the fact that 6th March 2021 falls on a Saturday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive Instrument (E.I), in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (Act 601) declared Monday, 8th March 2021 as a Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.”
