General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has described the Constitution Day as meaningless.
He says the NDC will abolish the holiday which does not add anything to the country’s development.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, the NDC scribe explained that he could not fathom why the Nana Addo led NPP government would want to rewrite the country’s history.
"The Constitution Day should at least give meaning to the country’s democracy, but in this case what will be your explanation if you are asked about the constitutional holiday. We will certainly abolish it when we come to power," he said.
"It would have been more prudent to have June 4th which had a military government overthrown and a constitutional government restored and even had the perpetrators killed celebrated because that reminds us of something that we have never thought of returning to as a country," he added.
The government has, through the Ministry of Interior, declared every January 7, as a public holiday.
In a statement signed by the Minister for Interior, Ambrose Dery, he said the day “has been declared a Public Holiday as “Constitution Day”.
Government recently tabled a bill in parliament seeking to amend the public holiday act.
President Nana Akufo-Addo made the proposal, the legislation will also designate August 4 as Founders’ Day.
The new bill which was laid by the Interior Minister, Ambrose Dery, on Thursday, December 13 is seeking to make January 7 Constitution Day and August 4, Founders' Day.
It is however proposing to scrap the AU holiday on May 25 as well as the Republic holiday on July 1.
If approved, the already existing Founder's Day holiday which is observed on September 21 will now be observed only as a Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Day and would be a public holiday.
This means the AU and Republic days will also be observed only as commemorative days.
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in as much as i don't support the introduction of these new holidays, who makes these cr1m1nals thinks they are coming back to mess us up again. the only thing they know how to do is to destroy what someone else has built. but honestly, i think we have too many holidays in the year and we should look for a way to reduce the number instead.
Sorry, Nobody is voting for you so what are you going to abolish? So you see?
you Go-d dam-e right
u can abolish it when u empty headed guys are discussing it at Cantonment...if not that place am wondering where ull abolish it.
You’re not even coming back!
Abolish!!! Review!!! Strengthen!!! There has never been any thing like Establish, Introduce, Construct, fabricate etc in the scheme of affairs of NDC. No wonder they are NATION DESTROYERS CONGRESS. All they know is for someone to establish, introduce, Institute and they come to Abolish, Review, Destroy. What a party? God help Ghana
When the politician wants to keep the people uneducated so they can continuously ride over them . I rather you encourage the people to use the opportunity to up their knowledge on the constitution. May be the abridged compact version should be subsidized for the people to buy. Ghana is winning.
... but what else should we expect from you and your cohorts when it has always been your strategy to keep the people ***barred word*** so can rule over them. We shall keep enlightening our minds with knowledge never to be ***barred word*** again. God bless Ghana
everyday abolish abolish. one party want to abolish free shs, abolish drones, abolish nabco. When r u guys going to create sumtin so others can also come to abolish.
'It would have been more prudent to have June 4th which had a constitution overthrown by a military government....' Which democratically elected government was in power when June 4th occurred. NDC is a bunch of illiterates epitomized by their scribe. The head is used for carrying loads ampa