Bring Back 1st July Republic Day As Statutory Holiday – Prof. Osafo To Gov’t

Professor Joseph Osafo has called on government to bring back the celebration of July 1st as a statutory public holiday.

Ghana became a Republic on 1st July, 1960 and the day was celebrated each year until the inception of the Akufo-Addo administration that made it commemorative.

Instead, the government seemingly replaced it with 4th August which is a statutory holiday to celebrate the founders of Ghana.

Speaking in a media interview, Prof. Osafo appealed for the restoration of July 1st stressing it is a significant day for Ghana but stressed removing its statutory status has broken a “certain sense of nationalism”.

He further argued that celebrating the Republic Day “sends a message. It arranges your psyche in a different manner.

Story by: Richard Nana Appiah Kubi/Ahotoronline.com