In an open letter by the minister of interior under the government of Ghana, Monday the 11th of July will be celebrated as a holiday.
The holiday follows the worldwide celebration of Muslims’ biggest religious festival, Eid-ul-Adha, on Saturday; as a state holiday, it has been moved from Saturday (9th July) to Monday (11th July) because holidays are not celebrated on weekends.
The holiday was announced in a statement issued by the Ministry of Interior and it says:
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.
Signed
AMBROSE DERY (MP)
MINISTER FOR THE INTERIOR
Issued in Accra this day, 6th July, 2022.
Source: Gossips24.com
