John Ntim Fordjour, MP for Assin South and a supporter of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill (Anti-LGBTQ Bill), has stated that President John Dramani Mahama should keep his commitment to Ghanaians and pass the anti-LGBTQI bills.
He charged that the administration was treating LGBTQI concerns unfairly.
“NDC portrayed the NPP government as indecisive… but the moment they assumed power; they replaced their strong stance in opposition with rhetoric. They moved from ‘pass the bill’ to ‘manage how it is introduced and structured,'” he said at a press conference in Accra on Tuesday, April 7.
He added “The urgency has already evaporated, and his certainty dissolves into procedural language when he goes to America, but tells Ghanaians at home he is against LGBTQ+.
In the 2024 general elections, Henry Nana Boakye (Nana B), the National Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), also charged that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) was using LGBTQI problems as a weapon against the NPP, which was in power at the time.
He recalled how the NDC used the church to weaponize the LGBTQI issue, which caused the NPP to lose that election.
But now that they’ve won the elections, he claimed, they’ve changed their position on the issue.
“NDC negatively weaponised the issue of LGBTQ+ in the runup to the 2024 elections; they roped in the clergy… in government today, we are seeing something different from what they promised,” he also said at the press conference.
Their remarks coincide with President John Dramani Mahama’s plea for moderation and discussion in the ongoing national conversation about LGBTQ+ problems, saying that although the topic is significant, it is not the nation’s top priority.
Even in nations with long-standing liberal traditions, the topic is delicate and emotionally fraught, the President said during a Presidential Dialogue with Civil Society Organizations on Monday, March 30 at Jubilee House in Accra. He asked interested parties to approach talks calmly and with regard for Ghanaian principles.
“I explained during my recent engagement with the World Affairs Council that it is not the most important issue we face as a nation.
“We are still grappling with the provisions of basic needs of education, health care, jobs, food, clothing, and shelter,” he stated.
Source: Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
