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Public holidays in Ghana

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There are approximately thirteen nationally recognized public holidays in Ghana, a sub-Saharan country in Africa. The primary National holiday is Independence Day, which is on 6 March. It is a National Day and is set to honor the memory of Ghana's independence from the United Kingdom in 1957.^[1]

This is a list of public holidaysinGhana.

National holidays[edit]

Date	English name	Description
1 January	New Year's Day
7 January	Constitution Day	Constitution of 1992 and Fourth Republic 1993.^[2]
6 March	Independence Day	Dominion of Ghana established within the Commonwealth of Nations in 1957.
Friday before Easter	Good Friday	Crucifixion of Jesus
Monday after Easter	Easter Monday
1 May	May Day	Worker's Day
1Shawwal	Eid al-Fitr	Festival of Breaking the Fast
10Dhu al-Hijjah	Eid al-Adha	Feast of the Sacrifice
4 August	Founders' Day	Honors The Big Six who worked for Ghana's independence.^[3]
21 September	Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day	Birthday of Nkrumah, first prime minister (1957-1960) and first president (1960-1966) of Ghana
First Friday in December	Farmers' Day	Recognizes farmers and fishermen.^[4]
December 25	Christmas Day	Birth of Jesus
December 26	Boxing Day

Notes[edit]

Introduced by the Ministry of Food and Agriculture, National Farmers' Day was organized as a day’s activity for the nation to honor its hard working farmers, with certificates and prizes, who excelled in their contributions to improve the agricultural sector. In 1988, the first Friday of every December was designated by the governmentasFarmers' Day and is celebrated as a statutory Public Holiday.^[5]^[6]
With the exception of Farmers' Day which is always on a Friday, when these dates fall at the weekend, the following Monday tends to be declared a holiday.
Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day is celebrated in commemoration of the birthday of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of Ghana.^[7]
Constitution Day is a relatively newly designated Public Holiday, which was initially observed on 7 January 2019.^[8]

It is not mandatory that all Ghanaian institutions/organizations recognize public holidays. Institutions/organizations that are exempt include The Ghana National Fire Service, food vendors, some category of hotels, health service providers such as hospitals, dealers in pharmaceutical products etc.