{"id":669531,"date":"2019-08-01T14:06:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<p>Monday, August 5, 2019, has been declared a public holiday to cater for the August 4 Founders\u2019 Day which falls on a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, said in view of the day falling on a Sunday, the Pr"},"modified":"2019-08-01T14:06:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T14:06:08","slug":"govt-declares-august-5-a-public-holiday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/08\/01\/govt-declares-august-5-a-public-holiday\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov&#8217;t declares August 5 a public holiday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Monday, August 5, 2019, has been declared a public holiday to cater for the August 4 Founders\u2019 Day which falls on a weekend.<\/p>\n<p>A statement signed by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, said in view of the day falling on a Sunday, the President has by Executive Instrument (EI), declared Monday, August 5, as a public holiday \u201cto be observed as such throughout the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This will be the first time Ghana is marking the Founders\u2019 Day after the amendment of the Public Holiday Act.<\/p>\n<p>It replaced Founder\u2019s Day which was celebrated on September 21 to mark the birthday of Ghana\u2019s first president, Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n<p>September 21 will now be observed as \u2018Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day\u2019.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-538118\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2019-08-01-at-07.37.53-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"674\" height=\"960\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Monday, August 5, 2019, has been declared a public holiday to cater for the August 4 Founders\u2019 Day which falls on a weekend. 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