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September 21 Founder’s Day scrapped

The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, says August 4 would henceforth be celebrated in Ghana as Founders Day. Parliament would therefore be proposed to make the day a statutory public holiday. September 21, which has for almost a decade being observed as Founder’s Day would now be observed as Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day.

Sept. 17, 2017

References:

• http://3news.com/september-21-founders-day-scrapped/
• https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Akufo-Addo-proposes-August-4-as-Founders-Day-September-21st-as-Nkrumah-Memorial-Day-581927
• https://www.graphic.com.gh/news/general-news/akufo-addo-proposes-aug-4-as-founders-day-sept-21-as-nkrumah-memorial-day.html
• http://citifmonline.com/2017/09/17/founders-day-to-be-aug-4-sept-21-to-honour-nkrumahs-memory/