![President Akufo-Addo declares Monday, March 8 as a public holiday](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwgCh7tmUUbV1UtTmQUPIeB9CPloWRjhKCg-qKzB9vJxRNnj3SoK5IXPg9KSirT34bXxIKrmXJwKytpkb6Xobi7mnTWkDddshL_u1MaCOV5V-IO-NJAt9A11zF9JwUVxlL38MZ69c_zbE/w640-h482-rw/President+Akufo-Addo+declares++Monday%252C+March+8+as+a+public+holiday..jpg)
The President of the Republic of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo, has announced Monday, March 8 as a public holiday through the Interior Ministry.
According to a statement on the ministry’s website on March 1, this is because the country’s Independence Day, which is a Statutory Public Holiday, falls on a weekend.
“The general public is notified that Saturday, March 6 2021, marks Independence Day, a Statutory Public Holiday.
“However, because March 6 2021, falls on a Saturday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has by Executive Instrument (E.I), by section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (Act 601) declared Monday, March 8, 2021, as a Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.”