Reverend John Ntim Fordjour, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, has stated that it has been five weeks since Speaker Bagbin assured parliament of the reintroduced anti-LGBTQ bill, but there is still no show.
The lead sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, widely known as the anti-LGBTQ bill, asserted that Speaker Bagbin assured that the reintroduced bill was undergoing final fine-tuning for a smooth passage and implementation.
However, despite the assurance, the bill is yet to be seen for reconsideration in parliament.
According to Ntim Fordjour, the bill must be reprogrammed on the order paper next week for deliberation.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday, November 21, Rev Ntim Fordjour stated, “It is five weeks since Mr Speaker gave that ruling, and since then no attempt has been made by this House to have the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill addressed, even as the cancer of LGBTQ continues to devastate our norms and culture and threaten our family values in this country.
There seems to be complete silence on this. The House must not create the impression that what was a priority in the Eighth Parliament has suddenly been thrown under the carpet.
The Speaker declared that it should be on the order paper, but this attempt by the government to block the bill from being featured is a big disappointment to the people of this country. We demand that if it was an oversight or error, it must be corrected, and the bill added to the order paper so that it will be laid and presented for first reading,” he said.
However, Mahama Ayariga, the Minority leader, refuted his claims, arguing that the Mahama government has no plan to hinder the reintroduction of the bill.
Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has made a definitive statement on the pending anti-LGBTQ bill legislation, declaring that he will assent to the bill if it is passed by Parliament.
According to John Mahama, a person’s gender is determined at birth, adding that the family is the foundation of our nation.
He added that there is no question what Ghanaians believe in.
Speaking to leaders of the Christian Council of Ghana in Accra on Tuesday, November 18, 2025, President Mahama stated, “We agree with the Speaker to relay the bill and let Parliament debate it, and then if there are any amendments or whatever that have to be done. If the Parliament of the people of Ghana endorses the bill, votes on it, and passes it, and it comes to me as President, I will sign it”.
“A person’s gender is determined at birth, and the family is the foundation of our nation. That is our position. So, there are no questions or equivocations about what we believe,” President Mahama noted.
He added, “We agree with the Speaker to relay the bill and let Parliament debate it, and then if there are any amendments or whatever that have to be done”.