WHEREAS Wednesday, the 25th day of May, 1988 is not a statutory public Holiday.

AND WHEREAS, the P.N.D.C. has declared the said date a holiday in commemoration of the Silver Jubilee Celebrations of the O.A.U.

NOW THEREFORE, in pursuance of the said P.N.D.C. Declaration and in exercise of the powers conferred upon the Provisional National Defence Council, by section 2 of the Public Holidays Decree, 1974 (N.R.C.D. 262), this instrument is made this 23rd day of May, 1988.

WEDNESDAY, the 25th day of May, 1988, is hereby declared a Public Holiday.

FLT.-LT. J. J. RAWLINGS

Chairman of the Provisional National Defence Council