Mahama promises Muslims additional Eid holiday if he wins 2024 polls

He emphasized modifying the Public Holidays Act to benefit Muslims, adding that he would ensure it does not affect productivity.

Mr Mahama assured, “It is our intention to resolve the situation where some of our Muslim brothers and sisters do not enjoy the public holiday at the end of Ramadan fast due to the 29 or 30-day rule based on sighting the moon

Therefore, we will add a holiday to the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr

If Insha-Allah we are voted into office, we will add an additional holiday to the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration

And we are going to do this by reconfiguring the Public Holiday Act so that Ghana maintains the same number of public holidays per year so that we do not affect productivity.”

The Member of Parliament for Madina, Francis-Xavier Sosu, on December 14, initiated a new private members bill to amend the country’s Public Holidays Act 2001, Act 601, by providing an additional two Islamic public holidays.

Muslim leaders, on October 8, urged the government to designate two days as official holidays for Eid-ul-Fitr and Eid-ul-Adha to address recurring disputes over the commencement of these holidays.