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            E I 53  PUBLIC HOLIDAY (DECLARATION) INSTRUMENT, 2010            

WHEREAS under Section 2 of the Public Holidays Act, 2001 (Act 601) the President may by Executive Instrument declare as a public holiday a day other than the days specified as statutory public holidays in that Act;

WHEREAS Tuesday, the 21st September is not a statutory public holiday.

AND WHEREAS the President has determined that Tuesday, the 21st of September, 2010 be celebrated as Founder's Day in commemoration of the centenary birthday of Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, the first President of the Republic of Ghana;

NOW THEREFORE in exercise of the powers conferred on the President under section 2 of the Public Holidays Act, 2001 (Act 601), the President declares that Tuesday, the 21st September, 2010 be observed as a public holiday and makes this Instrument this 16th day of September, 2010, to this effect.

Tuesday, the 21st September, 2010 is declared a public holiday. By command of the President.

MARTIN A.B.K. AMIDU

Minister for the Interior