President John Dramani Mahama has called for restraint and dialogue in the ongoing national debate on LGBTQ+ issues, stating that while the subject is important, it is not the country’s most pressing priority. Speaking during a Presidential Dialogue with Civil Society Organisations at Jubilee House in Accra on Monday, March 30, the President described the […]
The Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, has announced that the controversial Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, popularly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, will be laid before Parliament for its first reading during the second meeting of the Ninth Parliament. The bill seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ activities in Ghana, as well as […]
The Majority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, says Parliament has not yet completed the process of “tidying up” the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2021 before sending it to the Presidency for assent. He said the bill went through several amendments and it had to be tidied up before being transmitted to the President. Soon […]
