The Ministry of the Interior has announced that Friday, January 9, 2026, will be observed as a public holiday in lieu of Constitution Day.
Constitution Day, a statutory public holiday marking the coming into force of the 1992 Constitution and the birth of the Fourth Republic on January 7, 1993, falls on Wednesday, January 7, 2026.
However, His Excellency the President, by Executive Instrument (E.I.) and in accordance with Section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act (Act 601), as amended, has declared Friday, January 9, 2026, as the day to observe the holiday nationwide.
The announcement was made in a statement signed by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, on Tuesday, January 2, 2026.
In a statement, the minister urged the public to observe Friday, January 9, 2026, as a public holiday throughout the country.
“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 said.