Former President John Dramani Mahama has expressed concerns about the inability of Muslims to fully enjoy their holidays due to the sighting of the moon.
To that end, he has promised Muslims additional holidays if he becomes president again.
Mr. Mahama made these remarks during the 63rd Annual National Conference of the Ghana Muslim Mission in Kumasi on Friday, December 29.
The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) said “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.”