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The Interior Ministry has announced that, Monday, December 28, 2020 has been declared as a public holiday to celebrate the boxing day.
The boxing day actually falls on Saturday, December 26, 2020 but based on the Executive Instrument, President Akufo-Addo has declared that December 28, 2020 should be a holiday.[ads2]
A statement from the Interior Ministry reads, “The general public is hereby notified that, Saturday, 26th December 2020 marks ‘BOXING DAY’ which is a statutory public holiday”[ads3]
“However, 26th December 2020 falls on a Saturday and therefore, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana has by an Executive Instrument (E.I), and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days, 2001 (Act 601) declared Monday, 28th December 2020 as an Additional Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.”[ads5]