Ghana's government has officially declared two public holidays this month as the Islamic holy month of Ramadan approaches its end, giving workers in the formal sector an extended long weekend.
The Ministry of the Interior announced that Friday, March 20, and Monday, March 23, 2026, will be observed as public holidays across the country. The declaration covers both Eid-ul-Fitr, the celebration marking the close of Ramadan, and Shaqq Day, a related Islamic commemorative occasion falling the following day.
Both March 20 and March 21 are recognised as statutory public holidays under Ghana's Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (Act 601). However, because Shaqq Day lands on a Saturday this year, a substitute weekday observance was required by law.
President John Dramani Mahama invoked Section 2 of Act 601, which empowers the President to designate a replacement holiday when a statutory observance falls on a weekend, and issued an Executive Instrument declaring Monday, March 23, as an additional nationwide public holiday.
The combined effect is a four-day break running from Friday, March 20, through Monday, March 23, for public institutions, businesses, and schools operating under the national holiday schedule.
Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, who signed the declaration, urged the general public, institutions, and private organisations to observe the designated holidays in full compliance with the directive.
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