Government to establish additional Eid al-Fitr holiday, reduce Hajj fares
The Government has promised to add one more holiday to the Eid al-Fitr national holiday and reduce Hajj fares to enable more Moslems to participate in the annual pilgrimage.
"We promised to add one more holiday to the Eid al-Fitr. So as soon as parliament settles, we're going to amend the Holidays Act to include an extra holiday on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr," President John Dramani Mahama said at the Muslims National Thanksgiving Service on Friday.
“And so this year after we finish the fast of the Ramadan we will have two holidays for the Salah festivities."
The event, which was held at the National Mosque, Kanda, Accra, and chaired by the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, was to thank Allah for a peaceful December 7 general election.
President Mahama said in ...