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The Ministry of Interior has declared Monday, September 23, 2024, as a statutory public holiday to honor the Memorial Day of Ghana's first president, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, observed on September 21.
In a statement issued on September 19, the Minister for the Interior, Henry Quartey, urged the public to observe the upcoming holiday nationwide.
He noted, "Since September 21, 2024, falls on a Saturday, His Excellency the President of the Republic of Ghana has, by Executive Instrument (E.I.) and in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601), declared Monday, September 23, 2024, as an additional public holiday to be observed throughout the country."
This declaration is rooted in the New Public Holidays Act of 2018, which amended the Public Holidays Act of 2001. Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day is a statutory holiday that commemorates the birthday of Ghana's first president, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, who was born on September 21, 1909, in Nkroful, near Axim, in the Western Region of Ghana.
This year marks what would be Dr. Nkrumah's 115th birthday.
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