The Akufo-Addo led government has laid before Parliament two Public Holidays Amendment Act.
The amendment, which was laid before the House on Thursday, if accepted, will see August 4 and January 7 made statutory public holidays to mark Founders’ Day and Constitution Day respectively.
It is, however, proposing to scrap the AU holiday on May 25 as well as the Republic holiday on July 1. It will only be observed as commemorative days.
This also means the already existing Founder's Day holiday which is observed on September 21 will now be observed only as a Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day and would be a public holiday.
But speaking to the issue during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Sam Pee Yaley, a lawyer and a former government official who suspects the majority in Parliament will approve the amendment no matter what, says any Member of Parliament (MP) who supports the amendment, will lose his or her seat in 2020.
“Any MP who sits down in Parliament to vote to change our history will lose in the next election; mark my words…because without history, there is no country. Every country has its own history, other countries don’t disintegrate their history like we are doing...If you want to change public holidays including the ones established long before you became president, there are some holidays you shouldn’t touch; one is the Founder’s Day.”
Sam Pee Yaley further stated that the way the NPP is handling the affairs of this country, if they “should stay in government for the next eight years, there will be a proposal for Ghana to turn into a federal state…because the agenda has been on for a very long time”.
“The president needs to reboot and have his focus. What will this add to us apart from disintegration…everything he does is aimed at dividing us instead of uniting us,” he added.
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the struggle for independance preceeded UGCC and CPP.THE STRUGGLE STARTED FROM THE 6TH OF MARCH 1844,THROUGH THE 4 TH OF august 1897.it is thus not a contest between UGCC AND CPP,THEY WERE LATTER DAY SAINTS,WHO BENEFITTED FROM THE TOIL OF OUR FATHERS,THUS KWAME NKRUMAH CAN NEVER BE SAID TO BE THE FOUNDER OF GHANA.THE MISTAKE WAS FROM NKRUMAH HIMSELF WHEN HE MADE HIMSELF THE FOUNDER OF GHANA IN THE SIXTIES.ALL OTHER PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTED TO OUR INDEPENDENCE OUGHT TO BE RECOGNIZED.
Why is the NDC crying more than the CPP? Why don't you celebrate your founder Jerry Rawlings but you want to celebrate Kwame Nkrumah. If you believe in Kwame Nkrumah dissolve NDC and join CPP. There are too many Non sense and *stuppidd* people in NDC. The Nkurmah party is quiet while NDC people are shouting meanwhile your party founder is there you want celebrate him. *fooooo0ls*
Sam Pee Yalley you don't need to worry. The Holiday Act can always be amended or repealed if your government comes to power and you believe in any amendment or repeal. This is democracy.
refund the Mabey and Johnson br11be money before you can can gain any right to comment on issues reserve for good citizens. please, stop speaking immediately
THERE ARE MUCH MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO DELIBERATE ON THAN THIS TO BE QUITE HONEST. GHANA DOESN'T SEEM TO BE MOVING FORWARD AND INSTEAD OF US TO FIND SOMETHING WORKABLE WHICH WILL MAKE US PROGRESS, HERE WE ARE MAKING AND UNMAKING HOLIDAYS WHICH WON'T BRING FOOD TO OUR TABLES. OF WHAT USE CONSTITUTION DAY IF I MAY ASK? *SIGH* MY GHANA... IS THERE ANY HOPE AT ALL?
President Nkrumah was not the only person who was at forefront of Ghana's independence struggle. What about Paa Grant, Jacob Wilson Sey, Caseley Hayford, J.B Danquah, all those who shed their blood during the independence struggle? Professor Mills and his cohorts got it wrong. Long live the Republic of Ghana.
Sam Pee Yaley paaa, will he come to my constituency and hold the vote of all the eligible voters and go and cast them on their behalf. Some of these people because they had the opportunity to steal our money and we have all kept quite they think they can just open their faluches to any degree and spill out trash. We wait and see. TEEIFS
I have always supported Federal Ghana. Those people who wants to fight can go on fighting and those who wants to develop can do so. We will not sit down for Abudus and Andanis to hold the country to ramsom.
My take is that AU Day be placed with Founders' Day in August and Republic Day be maintained. 21st September be Kwame Nkrumah Remembrance Day. Constitution Day to me is not necessary.
This Ndc man paa come South Africa they have heritage day, youth day, freedom day,national women's day, Day of reconciliation human right day, etc these are all public holidays so what prevent Mother Ghana to have such holiday's and why Ndc opposes every good thing that benefit the citizens of Ghana. this inept minded