The Information Ministry is to hold the maiden Constitution
Day Public Lecture on Monday, 7 January 2019.
The government of President Nana Akuffo Addo instituted the Day is in
recognition of the commencement of the 4th Republican constitutional
dispensation on 7 January 1993.
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.
A statement issued in Accra said the lecture will be delivered by the rector of
the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Professor
Philip Ebow Bondzi-Simpson, at the Ghana Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Professor Bondzie Simpson will be speaking on the topic “Constitutionalism in
Ghana’s Fourth Republic: Towards Functional Performance”.
The Ministry is urging the general public to participate in the public lecture
on Monday.
The lecture will be broadcast live on major media platforms and the Ministry of
Information’s social media handles.
