The government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has declared Friday, January 9, 2026, a public holiday.

A statement issued by the ministry on Friday, January 2, 2026, and signed by the Minister of the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, indicated that the holiday would be observed to commemorate Constitution Day, which falls on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.

“The general public is hereby informed that Wednesday, 7th January 2026, marks Constitution Day, which is a Statutory Public Holiday.

“However, in view of the fact that 7th January 2026 falls on a Wednesday, His Excellency, the President of the Republic of Ghana, has, by Executive Instrument (E.I.), in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601), as amended, declared Friday, 9th January 2026, as a Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country,” the statement reads.

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Under the new Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, statutory holidays which fall on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or Thursdays are moved to be observed on Fridays.

The purpose of this adjustment, the government has explained, is to extend the weekend for employees and also increase productivity.

Additional holidays that fall on a weekend, either a Saturday or Sunday, will be observed on the following Monday.

BAI

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