Ghana will mark Workers Day, also called May Day, on Friday, 1st May 2026, and the public holiday is to be observed throughout the country. The Ministry of the Interior issued the notice from Accra on Tuesday, April 28, 2026.
In its statement, the ministry said the general public is hereby informed that Friday, 1st May 2026, marks Workers Day (May Day), which is a statutory public holiday and should be observed as such throughout the country. The announcement came from the government body responsible for the declaration, with Interior Minister Muntaka Mohammed-Mubarak overseeing the ministry.
The notice matters because it sets the national calendar for a day already designated in Ghana as a statutory public holiday. By naming both Workers Day and May Day, the ministry left no ambiguity about the observance or its scope.
What remains is straightforward: the holiday is scheduled for Friday and is meant to be observed nationwide, with no carve-out or regional exception in the notice issued from Accra.
