Monday declared 'additional' public holiday – Ghana Visions

The Ministry for the Interior has declared Monday, 28 December 2020 as a public holiday. A statement signed by sector minister Ambrose Dery on Tuesday, 22 December 2020, indicated that President Nana Akufo-Addo made the declaration by an Executive Instrument (E.I), and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days, 2001 (Act 601). This, according to the statement, is because 26 December 2020, which is ‘Boxing Day’, is a statutory public holiday that falls on a Saturday. Therefore, it becomes necessary for Monday, 28 December 2020 to be observed as an additional public holiday. Read the full statement below: DECLARATION OF MONDAY, 28TH DECEMBER 2020 AS AN ADDITIONAL HOLIDAY