Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the member of Parliament for Assin South has warned Ghanaian clergymen not to fall for President John Dramani Mahama’s rhetoric.
According to the member of parliament, John Mahama will not sponsor any anti-LGBTQ bill.
His comments come after President John Dramani Mahama revealed that the Anti-LGBTQI bill would be introduced as a state-sponsored bill in parliament.
He announced that in consultation with the Speaker of Parliament, the anti-LGBT bill be reintroduced in Parliament as a Government-sponsored bill rather than a bill sponsored by private members.
According to President Mahama, as a Christian, he upholds the values that only two genders exist man and woman and that marriage is between a man and woman.
Speaking during his fellowship with the Clergy at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC) on Friday, February 28, 2025, he stated, “I as a Christian, uphold the values that only two genders exist as man and woman and that the marriage is between a man and woman.
“I have spoken with the Speaker so that a renewal of the expired Proper Family Values Bill should be a bill that is introduced by the government rather than as a private member motion”, he added.
President Mahama added, “It is my hope that that consultation will see a renewed proper Family Values Bill. I believe that my leadership should be a reflection of the people that I govern and upon this, I stand firm”.
On Tuesday, January 14, President Mahama in a meeting with the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference stated anti-LGBTQ+ bill has a higher chance of success if it was state-sponsored.
John Mahama stated, “For the bill to have broader legitimacy and a higher chance of success, it should ideally come with government backing”.
“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.
Reacting to President Mahama’s comments during his fellowship with the Clergy at the Accra International Conference Centre (AICC), Ntim Fordjour noted that John Mahama in opposition promised to assent to the bill and is now running away from the same bill.
He wrote, “Eminent Clergy, please don’t fall for Mahama’s rhetoric. He WILL NOT sponsor any anti-LGBTQ bill – mark my words. If the President truly believes in the preservation of our cherished traditions, culture and norms, he must not turn his back on the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill 2025, reintroduced into the 9th Parliament as a private members bill.
What has changed? The same President who promised to assent to the bill is now running away from the same bill”.
See his post below:
Eminent Clergy, please don’t fall for Mahama’s rhetoric. He WILL NOT sponsor any anti LGBTQ bill – mark my words. If the President truly believes in the preservation of our cherished traditions, culture and norms, he must not turn his back on the Human Sexual Rights and Family…
— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) March 1, 2025
