Government has declared Monday June 11th 2022 a statutory Public Holiday.

However, 9th July, 2022 falls on a Saturday and therefore, the President Akufo Addo has by an Executive Instrument (EI), and in accordance with section 2 of the Public Holidays and Commemorative Days Act, 2001 (601) declared Monday, 11th July, 2022 as a Public Holiday.

In a statement signed on behalf of the President by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, the holiday must be observed throughout the country.

Eid-ul-Adha is an Islamic festival of sacrifice.

Also known as Eid al-Adha (Sacrifice Feast), the feast is celebrated to honour the willingness of Ibrahim to sacrifice his son Ishmael as an act of obedience to Allah. Allah provided a sheep for Ibrahim to sacrifice instead. During the feast, Muslims re-enact Ibrahim’s obedience by sacrificing a cow or ram.

The family will then eat about a third of the meal, a third goes to friends and relatives, and the remaining third is donated to the poor and needy.

It often falls on the 10th day of Dhu al-Hijjah, the twelfth and final month in the Islamic calendar.

As the exact day is based on lunar sightings, the date may vary between countries.