Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the Majority Chief Whip, has disclosed that parliament could pass the anti-LGBTQ bill within weeks, not months.
The Majority of Chief Whip revealed that the parliamentary committee handling the proposed legislation has completed its work and is prepared to present its report before the parliament.
Speaking on PM Express on May 26, 2026, the South Dayi MP disclosed, “The report will be laid on Thursday,” he stated.
“When it’s laid, we can take the report, debate it, that’s as part of the principles for second reading, and adopt it,” he explained.
“Once it’s adopted, we move into consideration. Consideration, we can even decide to do consideration on Friday, and pass.”
“You see, the Ghanaian family values bill, we have already passed it,” he said.
“It was a certain president who decided not to sign, so the terms of the bill are essentially what Parliament had already passed.”
When quizzed by the host on whether the bill would be passed this year, Dafeamekpor disclosed that Parliament would conclude work on it within weeks.
“Yes, in a couple of weeks, not even months,” he said.
“We’ll pass it once we do the second reading on Thursday or Friday, and with consideration, we can pass it.”
“But when we do consideration expeditiously, let the NPP not shout that we are abusing the certificate of urgency,” he stated.
“It will be rapidly done, because we cannot be reenacting what we have already read,” he added.
In other related news, the president of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, Matthew K. Gyamfi, has said that for President John Dramani Mahama to say the anti-LGBTQ Bill is not a priority is a very dangerous statement.
Bishop Gyamfi argued that President Mahama’s remarks indirectly tell him that the bill that Ghanaians placed before Parliament is not something that he’s considering seriously.
According to Bishop Gyamfi, prioritising economic issues does not conflict with passing the anti-LGBTQ Bill.
The President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference asserted that Ghanaians need jobs, but the anti-LGBTQ Bill is equally important.
Bishop Gyamfi rejected recommendations that the controversial LGBTQ bill should be sidelined in favour of economic and social priorities.
According to the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ president, he acknowledged the importance of pressing concerns such as jobs, cost of living, and healthcare, but argued that values cannot be traded for them.
Speaking on PM Express on Joy News on Tuesday, Bishop Gyamfi stated, “He’s not wrong in pursuing his matters, because Ghanaians need jobs. They need help. They need other things. So these are important, and they should be a priority for the President.”
“And equally important and no less important is this law, this bill that Ghanaians have placed before Parliament, and we realise pursuing jobs, getting help for people, is not exclusive and cannot exclude, and should not exclude looking at proper family values and sexuality, the one does not throw away the other one.”
“We do not see how pursuing jobs, creating health and other things, how passing family values law will affect negatively, adversely passing this law, so for him to say it is not a priority for us is a very dangerous statement.”
“What makes it dangerous is he’s telling us indirectly that for him, this bill that Ghanaians, represented by a group of people, have placed before Parliament is not something that he’s considering seriously. The law is not important to him.”
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