Rev Ntim Fordjour, a Lead Sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill in Parliament, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ Bill, has called out President John Mahama and the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin, following their recent comments regarding the passage of the bill.
According to Rev Ntim Fordjour, there is a coordinated effort by the President and Speaker to scam Ghanaians.
In a post on X, Ntim Fordjour wrote, “Watered-down bill; what a COORDINATED SCAM!!!!”.
His comments follow, President John Dramani Mahama has said that despite the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, a few issued has been raised.
According to John Mahama, the passage of the anti-LGBTQI Bill by Parliament won’t be a law yet, as a few procedural hurdles that must be resolved before it reaches his desk for assent.
Speaking during a Chatham House interview on Monday, June 1, as part of his trip to the United Kingdom, President Mahama stated, “Parliament has been considering it, and it was supposed to have been passed last week. There have been a few issues raised.
“One, that there wasn’t a quorum when it was passed. That’s an issue that has come up. And then, two, there were some procedural lapses in terms of its passage.
“I just got some communication that the Speaker was reading a statement to address the issue of the lapses in the passage of the Bill. And so, like I said, when I was the opposition leader, the President had a number of options in this matter. It must come for assent.
“And so, once the President gets it, you go through it, because you are not part of the discussion in Parliament. And so, the legal representative, the legal counsel in the Presidency and the Attorney General would sit on it, because it was a private member’s motion. This was not a government bill.
“And so, we’ll look at it and make sure that everything is in order before the President is advised to assent”.
He added, “The President has another option if there are some things that he thinks are a problem. He can refer it to the Council of State for advice.
The Council of State is an advisory body to the President. And so, they’ll take a look at it, and then they’ll advise the President. And if there are issues — substantial issues that are raised — the President would return the Bill to Parliament, indicating exactly what the issues are.
And so, there’s still quite a while to go before that Bill becomes law”.
Also, Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of Parliament, has revealed he has summoned the leadership of both the Majority and Minority caucuses over the passage of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, commonly known as the anti-LGBTQ+ bill.
According to Speaker Bagbin, the anti-LGBTQ+ bill is critical, adding that there must be a consensus because it is not about Parliament.
Speaking to the media in a video shared on social media, Speaker Bagbin stated, “I have asked the leaders to meet me in my office. So, they will be here for us to go through it. This is such a critical bill that we believe there must be consensus because it is not about Parliament”.
“The UN Charter, the African people’s rights and what all we have to go through all. Then we have also our development partners who had a lot of contributions to make. We had the United Nations coming in with proposals, some new rules and everything,” he stated.
“We as Ghanaians also have to dig deeper into our cultures, our customs, our values before we came up with what was passed on Friday,” he added.
“And in fact, when it was passed on Friday, it was even a surprise to me because I knew that they were going to start a consideration of the bill. And that was the instructions I left before I went to attend to other activities,” he expressed.
“It was Friday, and members wanted to go home early to their constituencies when we were going to sit today, so I knew they wouldn’t have completed it. But all of a sudden, I read about this passage, and later I saw on TV all the things that happened,” Bagbin stated.
See the post below:
Watered-down bill; what a COORDINATED SCAM!!!!#BringBackTheOldBill#ThisBillGivesRoomForGayPromotion pic.twitter.com/opAl5RA4SJ
— John Ntim Fordjour MP (@NtimFordjour) June 2, 2026
