“In the next two weeks, the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill must be passed” – Majority Leader

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Mahama Ayariga, the Majority Leader, has stated it is his commitment to seeing the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill passed within the next two weeks.

As debates and discussions surrounding the bill intensify in Parliament, the Majority leadership is pushing for a swift conclusion to the legislative process.

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In a news card shared by TV3, Mahama Ayariga is quoted to have said, “It is my commitment to that in the next two weeks, we must pass the anti-LGBTQ+ Bill”.

Also, 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.

Meanwhile, Alban Bagbin, the Speaker of parliament, has urged Ghanaians not to listen to persons who do not know what is happening in parliament regarding the anti-LGBTQ+ bill currently before parliament.

According to Speaker Bagbin, the bill has already gone through the necessary processes in Parliament and expressed confidence that it will be passed when the House reconvenes.

Speaking at an event, Alban Bagbin disclosed, “I’m sure one of the reasons we punished him and his party is one of these, so we started, and we processed it, it has gone through all the stages, and the next meeting of Parliament will get us asking to pass that bill into law”.

“So, don’t listen to people who don’t know what is in Parliament. Please, I repeat, don’t listen to people who don’t know what is in Parliament,” he cautioned.

“They can play that kind of bad politics. That is not what we are here for. We are different from those practising it. Our cultures, values, and principles are different. They know the effect and what it is doing to them. We resist it today; we will not be colonised again. That is gone, it’s history,” he added.

Speaker Babgin further disclosed that the president gave him his assurance that he will sign the anti-LGBTQ+ bill into law once the House passes it.

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