6 March: Nominations for NPP parliamentary primaries closed.[2]
April
30 April: NPP parliamentary primaries are held in 220 constituency across the country.[3]
May
2 May: Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings former first lady of Ghana, becomes first person to pick up a form to seek the presidential nomination of the ruling party (NDC).[4]
5 May: John Atta Mills president of Ghana picked up his nomination form to seek for re-election as leader of the NDC.[5]
3 June: The Ghana national football team, the Black Stars, beat their Congolese counterparts by 3 goals to 1. Goals scored by Isaac Vorsah, Prince Tagoe and Agyeman Badu.
4 June: June 4 revolution commemorated in Accra.
July
8 July: President John Atta Mills is elected by the NDC as it flagbearer for the 2012 presidential elections.[7]
National holidays
Holidays in italics are "special days", while those in regular type are "regular holidays".
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