President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has encouraged Ghanaians to continue to embrace the basic values of the Constitution. He urged the citizens to uphold the principles of democratic accountability and respect for the rule of law, human rights and individual liberty and freedom.

The president, in a message to mark the 2024 Constitution Day, which falls on 7 January, said those values “must form the bedrock of our national development and individual prosperity”.

“Yet alongside this freedom, we must, with the same passion and commitment, uphold our individual and collective responsibility to contribute proactively towards the greater good of society. “This is the vision of a free society. “No society can be truly free unless its citizens feel the need to embrace both liberty and duty, hard work and compassion,” he noted.

The Constitution Day is a statutory public holiday in Ghana observed to mark the coming into effect of the 1992 Constitution, and the birth of the Fourth Republic.

President Akufo-Addo addressed the nation to commemorate Constitution Day, which is observed on January 7. He committed, among other things, to ensure that the 2024 general elections be free, fair, and transparent. His speech stressed the pillars of democratic accountability, adherence to the rule of law, respect for human rights, and the sanctity of individual liberty and freedom.

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