Former President John Mahama has pledged to grant an additional Eid holiday to Muslims in the country.
Addressing the 63rd Annual National Conference of the Ghana Muslim Mission in Kumasi on Friday the presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), stated that his next government will make this possible.
According to him, Muslims are unable to fully celebrate their holidays due to the sighting of the moon.
The former President also assured that the Public Holidays Act will be amended to accommodate the additional Muslim holiday in order not to affect productivity.
“It is our intention to resolve the situation where some of our Muslim brothers and sisters do not enjoy the public holiday at the end of Ramadan fast due to the 29 or 30-day rule based on sighting the moon. Therefore, we will add a holiday to the celebration of Eid-ul-Fitr.
“If Insha-Allah we are voted into office, we will add an additional holiday to the Eid-ul-Fitr celebration. And we are going to do this by reconfiguring the Public Holiday Act so that Ghana maintains the same number of public holidays per year so that we do not affect productivity,” the former President stated.