January 9 Declared Public Holiday
The Ministry of the Interior has declared Friday, January 9, 2026, a nationwide public holiday to mark Constitution Day.
In a statement signed by the Minster for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak (MP), the Ministry explained that although Constitution Day officially falls on Wednesday, January 7, the President has exercised his constitutional powers to shift the public holiday to Friday.
“In view of the fact that 7th January 2026 falls on a Wednesday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has, by Executive Instrument (E.I), declared Friday, 9th January 2026, as a Public Holiday,” the Ministry stated.
The Interior Ministry clarified that the declaration was made in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 1997 (Act 601), as amended, and that the holiday should be observed as such throughout the country.
Constitution Day commemorates the coming into force of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution on January 7, 1993, marking the beginning of the Fourth Republic and the country’s return to constitutional rule.
The declaration of January 9 as a public holiday is expected to allow workers and institutions to observe the occasion without disrupting the midweek work schedule.
