John Ntim Fordjour, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, has boldly stated he would have been the happiest person if former president Akufo-Addo had signed the LGBTQ bill before leaving office.
According to Ntim Fordjour, the enactment of the anti-LGBTQ bill would have significantly benefited the nation.
He admitted that if the bill were passed, the tourists identified as homosexuals entering the country and allegedly desecrating national monuments would not have happened.
Speaking on Peace FM, Ntim Fordjour stated, “If under former president Akufo-Addo, the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill was signed, I would have been the happiest person.
I was part of the individuals who pleaded with the president to sign the bill because I was one of the people who were the leading sponsors of the bill.
If he had signed it, it would have helped greatly. The bill is already dead but we have resubmitted it before parliament,” he stated.
His comments come after Photos of a gay couple kissing under Ghana’s Iconic Independence Arch have raised immense public backlash among the Ghanaian online community.
The bold act from the couple identified as Lue and Rue, both South Africans, at such a revered monument in a country where such activities are generally frowned upon has thrown many into a state of shock, with many describing it as a protest against attempts to pass an anti LGBTQ bill.
However, in an X post, Ntim Fordjour boldly stated that under President John Dramani Mahama foreign gay couple boldly desecrated Ghana’s national monuments.
In a Twitter post on Thursday, June 26, Ntim Fordjour wrote, “Under Mahama & NDC, foreign gay couple boldly desecrate our national monuments: kiss under Independence Square flaunting Ghana flag. They’re emboldened to defy the dignity and sanctity of our rich Ghanaian values right before our eyes. We shall end this absurdity with the bill”.
He further added, “The President, Minister for Tourism, Diaspora Affairs Directorate at Jubilee House, National Security cannot be absolved from this disgraceful act of impunity”.
