Sam George, the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, has said there will be a protest if President John Dramani Mahama refuses to sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill when it is passed.
According to Sam George, Ghanaian family values are not political, noting that as of today, there is no bill before President Mahama to sign.
He highlighted that if President Mahama gets the bill and chooses not to sign it, they will agitate, as they did in the past.
Speaking in a video shared on Facebook by The1957News on Friday, April 10, 2026 Sam George stated, “I hear people who say, you promised that President Mahama will know no peace if he doesn’t sign the bill. Yes. If President Mahama gets the bill and chooses not to sign it, we will agitate, as we did in the past,” he said.
“Because, as far as I’m concerned, Ghanaian family values are not political. Some people want to do politics with it, [I think] that is unfortunate,” he stated.
“But as we speak today, there is no bill before President Mahama to sign. So, what am I agitating or asking President Mahama to sign?” he quizzed.
“Let me remind people that, in 2021, when I introduced the bill, it took me two and a half years to pass it through Parliament. I introduced the bill in September 2021. It only got passed in February 2024. Between September 2021 and February 2024, I never asked President Akufo-Addo to sign anything,” he recalled.
He added, “In fact, for those who will remember, my fights were with the Chairman of the Committee at the time, Honourable Ayimedu, because he wasn’t acting expeditiously in the Committee.
“When the bill got passed by Parliament, and it got to [former] President Akufo-Addo, and he decided not to accept the bill, that is when I took President Akufo-Addo on, and said he should sign the bill,” he explained.
“When the case went to court, I didn’t take President Akufo-Addo on. I took Chief Justice Torkornoo on, and led the first demonstration against the Chief Justice in this country, and that LGBTQ+ demonstration was not against President Akufo-Addo,” he added.
“So, today, if there is any agitation to be had, it is for Parliament to expedite the process and take the bill and pass it”.
“I am confident, and I remain reassured, in the words of President Mahama, that when Parliament passes the bill, which we are working on, we will put it before him, and he will sign it,” he said.
Also, Sam Nartey George, has said the anti-LGBTQ bill remains a priority along with basic needs.
According to Sam George, any country worth its salt can deal with multiple priorities.
He disclosed that LGBTQ+ does not know any political party; it only knows the innocence of our children, so let’s not play politics with it.
He added, “People don’t understand what this is about. Just last week, I had to help a father whose 21-year-old son had been abducted by someone who was sodomising him as his gay lover.
“A 55-year-old Ghanaian, UK Ghanaian, kept the man’s 21-year-old son away from him. Thanks to COP Lydia Donkor, Director General of CID, who worked with our team to identify, track the number, and identify the person, and rescue the boy just last week. If you do not know what is happening in this country, you will think nothing is going on.
Sam George further fired subtle shots at President Mahama, saying, “To those who say we have other priorities, this is a priority for us. This is a priority for us. Any country worth its salt can deal with multiple priorities at the same time”.
“We’re not saying we should stop building roads because we don’t have enough hospital beds. We’re not saying we should stop building schools because we don’t have enough pipe-borne water flowing through our taps.
“We are dealing with our roads, we are dealing with our hospitals, we are dealing with our schools, we are dealing with water, and we will also deal with our family values. It remains a priority.”
Sam George further added, “As for me, as the Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, the people voted for me, and that was one of the reasons why they increased my vote margin from sixty-nine per cent to seventy-four per cent. They said, ‘Sam, go back to Parliament and make sure this bill is passed.
“So for my people in Ningo-Prampram and me, this is a priority, along with our roads, which are getting fixed, along with our health clinics, which we are building, along with our school blocks that we are building, and the water problem that we are tackling. So it remains a priority for us.”
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