Kwakye Ofosu, the Minister of State in charge of Government Communications, has fired Member of Parliament for Assin South, Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, for being overzealous and prone to getting carried away in his advocacy.
The Minister highlighted that the Government of Ghana is not about to promote anything that is at variance with Ghanaian culture in the school curriculum.
Speaking during the Government Accountability Series on Wednesday, January 14, 2026, Kwakye Ofosu, “Reverend Ntim Fordjour is a good friend of mine. He’s my neighbour. When you move out of AAK [Abura-Asebu-Kwamankese], you go into his constituency, so I have quite healthy relations with him, but I think that sometimes he gets carried away in his advocacy. I have a friend who describes that conduct as overzealous charlatanism,” he said.
“He was in government when the comprehensive education curricula were introduced, and we had similar happenings where there were things in there that we found distasteful and at variance with Ghanaian cultural norms and practices,” he said.
Kwakye Ofosu indicated, “There was some public outcry, and I think that curricula were withdrawn even before Rev Ntim Fordjour went out to make these claims”.
“The NaCCA itself had withdrawn about 700 or so copies of the manual. It’s an instruction manual for teachers of physical education and health in Senior High Schools. I think there’s just one line about the description of gender which proved problematic and offensive to the sensibilities of the people of Ghana,” he said.
Kwakye Ofosu added, “That has subsequently been withdrawn. Indeed, I have been sent a copy of the approved manual by NACCA, and it does not contain the offending works. So, that matter has been addressed.”
“Government certainly is not about to promote anything that is at variance with Ghanaian culture. So, whereas we welcome scrutiny, it’s important that such claims are toned down. It is not something that we should encourage. It is not necessary to attempt to put what is not there in place. It doesn’t help anybody”.
“Clearly, this would be a slip or that somebody was not paying too much attention, but it is not government policy to promote conduct that is at variance with Ghanaian culture, and that is NaCCA has taken remedial action, and the matter stands resolved,” he stated.
His remarks follow, Ntim Fordjour, who accused the John Mahama-led NDC government of mischievously and deliberately smuggled LGBTQ agenda into the curriculum.
In a post on his official X page on Tuesday, January 13, Rev Ntim Fordjour accused the government of printing and distributing teacher manuals and other teaching and learning materials (TLMs) that promote LGBTQ-related content in schools.
Rev Ntim Fordjour wrote, “NDC has mischievously and deliberately smuggled the LGBTQ agenda into the curriculum, printed and distributed Teacher Manuals and other Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) to promote LGBTQ, contrary to their deceptive rhetoric of being the party which abhors LGBTQ.
We demand the immediate recall of all the Teacher Manuals and Textbooks propagating the NDCs LGBTQ agenda, both online and in print, from schools. We further demand a review of all portions of TLMs poisoned with the LGBTQ agenda with immediate effect to sanitise the curriculum. We strongly caution the government to refrain from using NaCCA and the Ministry of Education to propagate this vile and evil agenda of LGBTQ sexuality education.
This diabolical and dangerous agenda, among others, reveals why this government has suppressed the private members’ bill: Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill from being listed in the Order Paper for consideration and consequential passage by Parliament.
Let us rise up to resist NDC LGBTQ agenda!”, Rev Ntim Fordjour added.