January seven not a holiday - Interior Minister

Accra, (Greater Accra) 6 Jan. '99,

The Minister of the Interior, Nii Okaija Adamafio, said today that tomorrow, January seven, the anniversary of the fourth republic, is not a statutory holiday. He GRi in Accra that there will be a march past tomorrow at the Independence Square by the security services and other voluntary organisations to mark the sixth anniversary of the Fourth Republic, but ''the day is not a holiday''. The Minister's statement became necessary in because of rumour in town that the day will be celebrated as a holdiay. The Minister listed the 12 statutory holidays as December 25 (Christmas day), December 26 (Boxing day), January one (New year's day), March six (Independence day) and May one (Workers' day). The rest are Good Friday, Easter Monday, July one (Republic day), the first Friday of December (Farmers' day), Ramadan (End of Muslim fasting), Id el Adha (Feast of sacrifice) and June four (June four Uprising). GRi