Alexander Afenyo-Markin, the Minority in Parliament, addressing the media have accused the NDC government of only using the anti-LGBTQ bill as a political tool to win the 2024 general elections.
According to the Minority caucus, the NDC leveraged the legislation to win power but is currently seeking ways to dissociate itself from the law.
He highlighted that the NDC’s posture sharply contradicts its campaign rhetoric, citing the inclusion of LGBTQ-related content in the Senior High School curriculum.
Speaking to the media at the Minority Caucus’s Holding Government to Account press conference, Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated, “We hear His Excellency the President play on words to say that government was engaging in wider consultation to see how the law could be formulated in a better way. Really? Was it not the same law they said was okay to be passed?
When the Mighty Minority members decided through private members bill to now pin them to their own principles, suddenly after all the processes has been followed, and approval given and the motion was on the order paper, the NDC through its Majority leader found a way of using procedure to claim that there was no such approval by the Speaker and tried to scapegoat the Clerk of Parliament.
We hold the view that the NDC used the Anti-LGBTQ law only for power, and now that they are facing the reality, they want to find a way of running away from it. We will insist that they act by their own principle,” he said.
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”.
Ghana’s Anti-LGBTQ bill under the former Akufo-Addo government faced several lawsuits filed against the bill, leading to a delay in its signing.
Eventually, the bill, which became a burden for the previous government, remained just a bill and was not passed into law before Akufo-Addo left power.
The bill sought to criminalise Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBTQ+) activities in Ghana, was passed by the 8th Parliament, but remained unsigned before the 8th Parliament was dissolved.
Furthermore, conversations and discussions about the controversial anti-LBGTQ bill have resurfaced under the John Mahama government.
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The Minority Caucus in Parliament, led by Minority Leader Hon. Afenyo-Markin, has accused the NDC government of exploiting the Anti-LGBTQ law purely as a political tool while in opposition.
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