Parliament has passed the Public Holidays Amendment Bill, 2018 into law making January 7, and August 4, Public Holidays.
These days will be celebrated as Constitution and Founder’s days, scrapping the holidays on July 1 which was celebrated as Republic Day and May 25, as AU Day.
Under the same amendment, September 21, which is celebrated as the Founder’s Day will now become the Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day and will be observed as a holiday.
Last week, the Minority walked out of the House when the proposed changes were debated and repeated same today.
According to the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu, the new bill sort to rewrite the country’s history, but that did not stop the bill from being passed.
When the Speaker, Prof. Mike Ocquaye posed the question, those in favour of the motion were resounding.
