4-day weekend ahead as Akufo-Addo declares Dec 27 holiday
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President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Tuesday, December 27, 2022, has been declared a public holiday.
The announcement was made by the Ministry for the Interior on Wednesday, 21 December 2022 on the mint.gov.gh website by the minister, Mr Ambrose Dery.
The Ministry for the Interior statement said: "The general public is hereby notified that Sunday, 25 December 2022 marks Christmas Day which is a statutory public holiday".
"However, in view of the fact that 25 December 2022 falls on a Sunday, 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, (Act 601) declared Tuesday, 27 December 2022, as an additional public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country."
Thus, the long weekend is Saturday, Christmas Eve December 24, Sunday, Christmas Day December 25, Monday, Boxing Day December 26, and Tuesday, December 27.
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