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Statutory Public Holidays and Commemorative days in the Republic of Ghana for the Year 2023

kingcyrusonline January 3, 2023

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The Interior Ministry in a statement on January 3, 2023 has released a list of statutory public holidays and commemorative days in the Republic of Ghana for the 2023 year.

The list contains details of Holidays, dates, and days, as well as commemorative days as described below;

Holiday	Date	Day
New year’s Day	1^st January	Sunday
Constitution Day	7^th January	Saturday
Independence Day	6^th March	Monday
Good Friday	7^th April	Friday
Easter Monday	10^th April	Monday
May Day (Worker’s Day)	1^st May	Monday
Eid-Ul-Fitr	***	***
Eid-Ul-Adha	***	***
Founder’s Day	4^th August	Friday
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day	21^st September	Thursday
Farmers’ Day	1^st December	Friday
Christmas Day	25^th December	Monday
Boxing Day	26^th December	Tuesday

Note: There are no fixed dates for the Eid-Ul-Fitr and Eid-Ul-Adha because they are movable feasts. The dates for their observation are provided by the Office of the Chief Imam in the course of the year.

COMMEMORATIVE DAYS

Thursday, 25^th May, and Saturday, 1^st July which are African Union Day and Republic Day respectively will not be observed as public holidays.

See statement below;