Government declares March 20, March 23 public holidays

The government, through the Ministry of the Interior, has declared Friday, March 20, 2026, and Monday, March 23, 2026, public holidays in accordance with the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act.

A statement signed by the Minister of the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak (MP), indicated that the two holidays are to commemorate the upcoming Muslim festival, Eid-ul-Fitr, which is celebrated to mark the end of Ramadan.

“The general public is hereby informed that Friday, 20th March and Saturday, 21st March 2026, mark Eid-ul-Fitr and Shaqq Days, which are statutory public holidays.

“However, in view of the fact that 21st March 2026 falls on a Saturday, 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 Monday, 23rd March 2026, as an additional public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country.”

It can be recalled that the Parliament of Ghana passed the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days (Amendment) Act, 2025, which officially introduced a two-day holiday for Eid-ul-Fitr by establishing "Shaqq Day", the day after the celebration.

The amendment established Tashreeq (a day after the Eid-al-Adha festival) and Shaqq (a day after the Eid-ul-Fitr festival) to ensure that Muslims across the country celebrate the festivals even when they end the holy month of Ramadan on different days.

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