MONROVIA, November 27 (LINA) - President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf has declared Saturday, November 29, as a National Holiday.

A Proclamation issued Wednesday said the day marks the 119th birth anniversary of the late President William V.S. Tubman, and is to be observed throughout Liberia as a national holiday.

The Proclamation orders all government offices, business houses and market places to be closed during the observance from 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

The Proclamation is in consonance with an Act of Legislature enacted at the 3rd Session of the 42nd National Legislature of Liberia, declaring the birth anniversary of Liberia’s 18th President William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman each year as a National Holiday in keeping with the will of the Liberian people.

According to a Foreign Ministry release, the Proclamation is in recognition of his productive and meaningful services and policies, including the Open Door Policy, the National Unification and Integration Policy, the granting of suffrage to Liberian women as well as his policies on all social, economic development nationwide and his contributions to the emancipation of African colonial territories into self-governing statehood.
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