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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              WHEREAS the Supreme Military 
                                              Council is satisfied that a state 
                                              of emergency exists in the whole 
                                              of Ghana;</span></p>
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                                              NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the 
                                              powers conferred on the Supreme 
                                              Military Council by the Emergency 
                                              Powers Decree, 1978 (S.M.C.D. 197) 
                                              this Instrument is made the 6th 
                                              day of November, 1978.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              &nbsp;Declaration of State of Emergency 
                                              in Ghana.</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">A 
                                              state of emergency is hereby 
                                              declared in the whole of Ghana.
                                              </span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              LT. -GENERAL F. W. K. AKUFFO</span></p>
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                                              <span style="font-family: Arial">
                                              Chairman of the Supreme Military 
                                              Council</span></p>