When passed, the LGBTQ+ Law will fulfil Ghanaians’ dreams, says Nana Addo

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When the Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill, which is now before Parliament, is approved into law, it will fulfil everyone’s goals, according to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

The Bill, which many people view as an anti-LGBTQ+ bill, aims to make homosexuality a crime.

President Akufo-Addo stated at a press conference at Jubilee House that he had received a thorough briefing on the Bill.

President Akufo-Addo is optimistic that Parliament will respond to the law in a reasonable manner.

“The Bill is going through Parliament, the Attorney General is doing its part regarding the constitutionality or otherwise of its provisions and Parliament is dealing with it. At the end of the process, I will come in, but in the meantime, Parliament is dealing with it. And I know that the Parliament of Ghana will show us what it’s done in its past. First of all, it’s a sensitive human rights issue, as well as the feelings of our population and will come up with a responsible response to the proposal,” President Akufo-Addo stated.

The Parliamentary Committee on Constitutional, Legal, and Parliamentary Affairs is expected to present its report on the anti-LGBTQ+ bill this week.

This is according to Samuel Nartey George, Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram and a proponent of the bill, following a meeting with the Attorney General.

Among other things, the Bill proposes jailterm for people who engage in same-sex and persons who promote such activities.

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