Nkrumah’s birthday returns as Founder’s Day, this Sunday's holiday moved to Monday

The Ministry of the Interior has declared Monday, September 22, 2025, a public holiday to mark this year’s Founder’s Day.

The day, which commemorates the birthday of Dr Kwame Nkrumah, falls on Sunday, September 21. By law, when a statutory holiday falls on a weekend, the President may declare the following Monday as the observed holiday.

In a statement signed by the Minister for the Interior, Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak, the ministry said President John Dramani Mahama had, by Executive Instrument, directed that the holiday be observed nationwide in line with the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, as amended.

The change follows the 2025 amendment to the Act, which reviewed how public holidays are shifted. Under the amendment, holidays that fall on a Saturday or Sunday are moved to the following Monday.

Earlier this year, Parliament revised the country’s holiday calendar. The changes reinstated July 1 as Republic Day, introduced a new “Shaqq Day” after Eid-ul-Fitr, removed August 4 as Founders’ Day, and restored September 21, Nkrumah’s birthday, as Founder’s Day.