Programme For Republic Day Celebrations

Activities for the 45th Republic Day Anniversary celebrations begins with Christian and Muslim prayers in all mosques and churches from Friday June 24 to Sunday June 26 throughout the country.

A statement by the National Celebrations Planning Committee signed by Mr D. A. Kwapong, Acting Director of the Information Services Department, said the climax of the celebrations would be a state luncheon President John Agyekum Kufuor would host for Senior Citizens on July 1.

Regional Ministers would host similar luncheons in all the regional capitals throughout the country.

The week-long activities for the celebrations include a football match between Accra Hearts of Oak and Kumasi Asante Kotoko on July 1, the statement said, adding, the official celebrations end on Sunday July 10 with a ?What do you know? quiz competition among Senior Citizens.