{"id":246295,"date":"2024-11-05T20:52:35","date_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/"},"modified":"2024-11-05T20:52:35","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T20:52:35","slug":"friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise announcement, the Ministry of the Interior has declared that Friday, November 8, 2024, will not be a public holiday, despite marking the 2024 National Farmers\u2019 Day.<\/p>\n<p>This clarification comes amid potential confusion surrounding the holiday schedule.<\/p>\n<p>The National Farmers\u2019 Day is typically celebrated on the first Friday of December every year.<\/p>\n<p>However, this year\u2019s early celebration on November 8 has led to uncertainty about its status as a public holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for the Interior Henry Quarty signed a statement reassuring the public that Friday, December 6, 2024, remains the statutory public holiday for Farmers\u2019 Day and will be observed nationwide as such.<\/p>\n<p><strong>BY Daniel Bampoe<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 2 -->\n\t<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 In a surprise announcement, the Ministry of the Interior has declared that Friday, November 8, 2024, will not be a public holiday, despite marking the 2024 National Farmers\u2019 Day. This clarification comes amid potential confusion surrounding the holiday schedule. The National Farmers\u2019 Day is typically celebrated on the first Friday of December every year. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":161952,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246295","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"\u00a0 In a surprise announcement, the Ministry of the Interior has declared that Friday, November 8, 2024, will not be a public holiday, despite marking the 2024 National Farmers\u2019 Day. This clarification comes amid potential confusion surrounding the holiday schedule. The National Farmers\u2019 Day is typically celebrated on the first Friday of December every year. [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":110,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/\",\"name\":\"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/11\\\/05\\\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"\u00a0 In a surprise announcement, the Ministry of the Interior has declared that Friday, November 8, 2024, will not be a public holiday, despite marking the 2024 National Farmers\u2019 Day. This clarification comes amid potential confusion surrounding the holiday schedule. The National Farmers\u2019 Day is typically celebrated on the first Friday of December every year. [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00","author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies","datePublished":"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/"},"wordCount":110,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/","name":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2024-11-05T20:52:35+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/11\/05\/friday-is-not-holiday-interior-ministry-clarifies\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Friday Is Not Holiday- Interior Ministry Clarifies"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246295","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246295"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246295\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246295"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246295"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246295"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}