The Education Minister-Designate, Haruna Iddrisu has strongly made his stand against LGBTQ+ practices.
According to Haruna Iddrisu, LGBTQ+ practices are opposed to his Muslim values and ethics.
He asserted that many Ghanaian parents would want their children trained in a way which is not consistent.
On Tuesday, January 14, President Mahama in a meeting with the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference hinted at his reluctance to legislate the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
John Mahama stated, “We won’t need a bill to enforce our family values, and that’s why I think more than even the Family Values Bill, it’s us agreeing on a curriculum that inculcates these values into our children as they’re growing up so that we don’t need to legislate it”, he added.
Speaking at the Appointments Committee of Parliament on January 20, Haruna Iddrisu when asked about his opinion on a curriculum that inculcates family values into Ghanaian children stated, “I do not want to reduce this matter to a religious, debate it is a cultural wrong, with my religion as a Muslim you know where I stand on this matter, it is repugnant to my Muslim values and ethics”.
“I do not want to believe, that many a Ghanaian parent, would want their children trained in a way which is not consistent with the way you and I were brought up as Ghanaians, either from Effutu or in Tamale. That a man can relate to a man and a woman can relate to a woman”, he added.
The minister-designate further stated, “We are a country and we define our values, both social and cultural, we should expect all other persons to respect those values”.
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LGBTQ+ Bill: “We are a country, and we define our values—both social and cultural. We should expect all other persons to respect those values,” – Haruna Iddrisu
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