During the month December 2018, a charge was laid some time recently before the Parliament of Ghana to revise the public holiday Act, 2001 (Act 601) to supply for three distinctive occasions.
These unused occasions are on January 7, Structure Day; Admirable 4, as Author’s Day and September 21 as Dr. Kwame Nkrumah Commemoration Day.
The charge was along these lines passed by Parliament and consented to by the President. Nowadays, January 7, 2022, could be a open occasion to stamp Structure Day for the fourth time.
Shockingly, numerous individuals are not side by side of the relevance of the occasion, a Ghana News Agency (GNA) engagement with a few segments of the individuals in Accra, has uncovered.
Mr. Elvis Presley, a Investor, in an meet with the GNA, called for instruction on the celebration of the day as a occasion.
“I wear’t know what the Day is all almost, I as it were appreciate the occasion when it comes, I have not been educated well on the day,†Moses Antwi, a tertiary understudy, moreover said.
Madam Emelia Amakye, a speaker, said: “I may know the significance of the Day but can that be said for my close relative in my hometown? Typically the fourth celebration but what noteworthiness has the Day served the nation? Educate dependable for civic engagements must sit up or the Day is canceled as a occasion,†she said.
“I wear’t know when the primary was watched, I as it were appreciate the Day without knowing what it is almost,†Ms. Leticia Afful a deals agent, too said.
In 2020, Dr. Kojo Asante, Chief of Advocacy and Arrangement Engagement at the Middle for Majority rule Advancement-Ghana (CDD) and Dr. Emmanuel Akwetey, Official Executive, Founded for Law based Administration (IDEG) underscored the have to be compelled to lock in the citizenry (Schools and Communities) on the relevance of Ghana’s Constitution Day.
The Day marks the appropriation of the Structure of the Fourth Republic of Ghana on January 7, 1993, and has been announced as a occasion beneath segment 2 of the public holiday Act, 2001 (Act 601).
The Day, aside from recognizing Ghana’s longest-serving Structure, moreover ensures that the fundamentals of popular government, freedom, law based administration, run the show of law, accountability, constitutionalism are maintained.
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE), in a articulation to commemorate the Day, said having continuous Protected run the show for 29 a long time was a turning point that must be celebrated reviewing the chequered political history and the topple of three past Republican Constitutions, which were truncated by military interventions.
The Commission ordered the citizenry to celebrate the Fourth Republican 1992 Structure, additionally energized the consider of the elemental law as a direct to civic rights and duties.
It reminded Ghanaians of their collective commitment to maintain and guard the 1992 Constitution against obstructions and interferences.
“As article 3(4) of the 1992 Structure reminds us, each citizen of Ghana includes a obligation to protect the Structure, must stand in defense against any person, gather or issue that debilitates the exceptionally texture of our vote based system, and must dismiss oppressor’s run the show in any frame or anything that looks for to exasperate the peace and soundness we appreciate.â€