President John Mahama has stated while addressing a delegation from the Christian Council at the Jubilee House yesterday, that if Parliament passes the anti-LGBTQ+ bill and send it to his office, he is willing to sign it into law.
He said “A person’s gender is determined at birth, and the family is the foundation of our nation. That is our position. So there are no questions or equivocations about what we believe.
“I believe that we have no questions or equivocations about what we believe. I believe that we are completely aligned with the Christian Council in terms of your belief. We agree with the Speaker to relay the bill and let Parliament debate it.
“And if there are any amendments or adjustments that need to be made, if the people’s representatives in Parliament endorse the bill, vote on it, and pass it, and it comes to me as President, I will sign it.”
The ‘Promotion of Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill’ also known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill,
is a controversial bill which the president has indicated that his office is ready to sign anytime Parliament presents it to his office.
The Bill was introduced in 2021, seeking harsher penalties and bans on LGBTQ+ advocacy. In February 2024, Parliament unanimously passed the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, imposing up to three years prison term for identifying as LGBTQ+ and up to five years for funding/organising related groups.
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