President John Dramani Mahama has restored July 1 as a statutory national holiday.
According to reports, President John Dramani Mahama has reinstated July 1st as a national holiday and plans to add Eid al-Fitr as another public holiday.
However, speaking during his Thank You visit to the Western Region on Wednesday, February 5, John Mahama revealed July 1 would be observed as a National Day of Prayer and Thanksgiving.
Speaking during his Thank You visit to the Western Region, John Mahama stated, “We will soon present to Parliament amendments to the Public Holidays Act in order that we can restore July 1 as a holiday. In the amendments of the Republic Holidays Act, we shall also make provisions to fulfil our promise to the Muslim community of an extra holiday to mark the Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Fitr”.
“We will have the opportunity as a nation soon to pray and give thanks to the Almighty God, as enjoined by the Holy Book that says, ‘In all things, give thanks”, President Mahama stated.
John Mahama added that a committee will be appointed to oversee preparations for the event.
Meanwhile, reacting to the news of the restoration of July 1 as a statutory national holiday, special aid to the president Joyce Bawa Mogtari hailed John Mahama, saying, “Indeed our President is walking his talk!”
See the post below:
Indeed our President is walking his talk! #MahamaThePresident pic.twitter.com/nVqKITcOXy
— Joyce Bawah Mogtari (@joyce_bawah) February 11, 2025
