The Government of Ghana has declared Friday, July 3, 2026, a public holiday to commemorate Republic Day.
The announcement was made by the Ministry of the Interior in a statement issued on Wednesday, June 24, 2026.
According to the Ministry, Republic Day, which is a statutory public holiday, falls on Wednesday, July 1, 2026. However, under the government’s revised public holiday policy, holidays that fall in the middle of the week are observed on a Friday, while those that fall on weekends are moved to the following Monday.
The Ministry explained that President John Dramani Mahama, acting through an Executive Instrument (E.I.), declared Friday, July 3, 2026, as the official day for the nationwide observance of the holiday.
The decision was made in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (Act 601), as amended.
In the statement, the Ministry said:
“The general public is hereby informed that Wednesday, 1st July 2026, marks Republic Day, which is a Statutory Public Holiday.”
It added: “However, in view of the fact that 1st July 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, 3rd July 2026, as Public Holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.”
The Ministry urged the public to observe the holiday across the country in recognition of Republic Day, which marks Ghana’s transition to a republic on July 1, 1960.
The statement was signed by the Minister for the Interior, Mohammed Muntaka Mubarak, on June 24, 2026.
