Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of lacking genuine commitment to the passage of Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill, despite earlier claims that the party supported the legislation.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem, the former Information Minister said the NDC has sent mixed and misleading signals to the public and religious leaders about its position on the controversial bill.
“At first, when you ask the NDC, they will tell you the LGBTQ+ bill has been passed into law but awaits presidential assent. Now, when they come to Parliament, they will tell us we need to pass the bill into law because that hasn’t been done,” he stated.
He argued that the party’s actions in Parliament reveal a lack of seriousness about seeing the bill through.
“When Ntim Fordjour and the leaders put it on the order paper, they remove it because they don’t want it passed. They only politicised the issue. They are not committed to the LGBTQ+ passage,” Mr Oppong Nkrumah added.
According to him, the NDC created a false impression among the public and faith-based groups during the period when the bill generated national debate.
“They deceived all the clergymen and Ghanaians. They created the impression that the NPP was in support and they were anti-LGBTQ+,” he said.
The MP noted that the party’s posture has shifted since assuming power, pointing out that the bill continues to be dropped from parliamentary business even when efforts are made to reintroduce it.
“Now that they have been given power, one year down the line, they remove it from the order paper even when you include it,” he added.
Mr Oppong Nkrumah also challenged religious leaders who previously protested over the bill to speak up again if they remain consistent in their advocacy.
“So I would expect that the clergy and religious leaders who were vocal and embarked on demonstrations over the anti-LGBTQ+ bill must rise up again. They must express disappointment in the NDC government and call for the passage,” he said.
He warned that silence from such groups would raise questions about their sincerity.
“Else Ghanaians will know that they are hypocrites,” the Ofoase-Ayirebi MP concluded.
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