{
  "id": 12629584,
  "title": "Support constitutional amendment to fix election day to Tuesday – Asiedu Nketia urges SDA Church",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/07/support-constitutional-amendment-to-fix-election-day-to-tuesday",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-07T12:33:23.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Adom Online",
    "slug": "adom-online",
    "url": "https://www.adomonline.com/support-constitutional-amendment-to-fix-election-day-to-tuesday-asiedu-nketia-urges-sda-church/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has called upon the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and other religious organizations to back a proposed constitutional amendment in Ghana. The amendment would fix national elections on Tuesdays, according to Nketia, in an effort to avert disputes between political parties, the Electoral Commission (EC), and religious bodies over election dates clashing with significant religious worship days.\n\nAddressing the SDA Church's centenary celebration in Sekyedumase, Ashanti Region, Nketia highlighted that both the SDA Church and the Saviour Church had previously urged him to support their requests for the EC to move the 2024 general elections from Saturday, a Sabbath day for Seventh-day Adventists. He also mentioned that similar concerns had been voiced by the Islamic community and other Christian denominations when election dates coincided with Fridays or Sundays, days of worship for certain religious groups.\n\nNketia emphasized that ongoing disagreements could be avoided if the Constitution was amended to permanently schedule national elections on Tuesdays. He urged the SDA Church and other religious bodies to support this proposal, stating that it would provide a permanent solution to the issue of election dates clashing with religious worship days. By fixing the voting day on a specific weekday, all religious groups would be able to observe their days of worship without being impacted by national elections.",
  "summary": "Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has urged the Seventh-day Adventist (SDA) Church and other religious bodies to support a proposed amendment to Ghana’s Constitution to fix national elections on Tuesdays. According to him, fixing voting day on a specific weekday would help prevent unnecessary disagreements between political parties, the Electoral […]",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}