Ghana’s Independence Day celebration suspended

All schools around the country have been ordered to avoid parades to mark Ghana’s 64th Independence Day celebration following Covid-19 cases in the country.

This was included in a memo released by the Ghana Education Service (GES) to all Municipal and District Education Directors and Heads of all Schools on Monday, 15 February.

According to the Ghana Education Service, the Order on the Stopping of Parades, scheduled for 6 March 2021, was issued by the Office of the Chief of Staff at the Presidency on 11 February.

“Management of the Ghana Education Service wishes to inform all regions that the 64th Independence Anniversary Parade on 6 March 2021 has been suspended forthwith across the country,” said GES in the memo.