The Ministry of Information, Wednesday, announced that the Government would on Monday, January 7, 2019, hold the maiden Constitution Day Public Lecture.
The Rector of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor Kobina Bondzie Simpson, would deliver the lecture at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences, Accra at 1700 hours.
A statement signed by sector Minister, Mr Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, and copied to the Ghana News Agency, said “Constitutionalism in Ghana’s Fourth Republic Towards Functional Performance” would be the topic.
“The Day is in recognition of the commencement on the Fourth Republic Constitutional dispensation on January 7, 1993,” the statement said.
“It is also set aside to acknowledge the country’s collective efforts at ensuring that the tenets of Democracy, Rule of Law and Principles of Constitutionalism are upheld”.
The Ministry, therefore, urged the public and all stakeholders to attend the event.
It said the event would be broadcast live on major media platforms and on the social media handles of the Ministry: twitter, Facebook and You Tube.