Regarding this year’s Founder’s Day public holiday, the Ghanaian presidency has issued an official statement.
The holiday, which falls on Sunday, September 21, will be observed on Monday, according to a statement issued on Wednesday, September 17.
The public is hereby notified that Founder’s Day, a Statutory Public Holiday, falls on Sunday, September 21, 2025.
However, in view of the fact that 21st September 2025 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), as amended, declared Monday, 22nd September 2025, as Additional Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.
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This follows a revision to Ghana’s holiday calendar by the ninth parliament, which restored July 1 as Republic Day. Nkrumah’s birthday, which falls on September 21, has been reinstated as Founder’s Day, and a new holiday, Shaqq Day, has been established.
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