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July 11 Declared Holiday

The President of Ghana, Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo has declared July 11, 2022, a public holiday.

The declaration of the day as a public holiday is an extension of the Eid-ul-Adha festival which falls on Saturday, July 9, 2022, by Nana Akufo-Addo.

“The general public is hereby informed that Saturday, 9th July, 2022 marks Eid-ul-Adha which is a statutory public holiday.

“However, 9th July, 2022 falls on a Saturday and therefore, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana has by an Executive Instrument (EI), and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (601) declared Monday, 11th July, 2022 as a Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country”.

This was contained in a statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini

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