Public in Ghana

🇬🇭 Founders' Day in Ghana

Name: Founders' Day in Ghana
Start: 2027-08-04
Location: Ghana

Honors the founders of Ghana

Date in Ghana August 4

Instituted2019

Public Established 2019 Last observed 2026

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Commemorates the formation of the United Gold Coast Convention (UGCC) and honors the contributions of 'The Big Six' and others who led Ghana's independence movement.

Public life in Ghana

BanksClosed

SchoolsClosed

Government officesClosed

Calendar & celebration

Calendar systems

Gregorian

What this holiday commemorates

1974 The NRC implements Operation Keep Right, shifting Ghana's traffic from left-hand to right-hand driving across the country. · Ghana

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