The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has accused the government of President John Dramani Mahama of secretly introducing LGBTQ-related content into Ghana’s school curriculum, describing the move as a betrayal of public trust.
Addressing a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra on Tuesday, April 7, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, Rev.John Ntim Fordjour, alleged that the government had deliberately embedded LGBTQ concepts into teaching materials used in schools across the country.
He claimed that despite earlier assurances by President Mahama to promote Ghanaian family values through education rather than legislation, the government had taken a different path by revising the curriculum to include what he described as “controversial” gender concepts.
Rev. Fordjour pointed to a Physical Education and Health teacher manual, which he said was produced under the supervision of the Ministry of Education and distributed by the Ghana Education Service.
He argued that the material introduces students to ideas of gender identity that go beyond the traditional male and female classifications.
Reading excerpts from the manual, he indicated that it defines gender identity as a deeply felt internal experience that may not necessarily correspond with a person’s sex at birth, and may include identities beyond male and female.
He expressed concern that such content was taught to students as early as the first week of the academic term.
The Assin South MP further alleged that teachers had been trained through workshops to deliver the content, describing the process as a coordinated effort to introduce what he termed an “diabolical agenda” into the education system.
He criticised the government for what he called a contradiction between its public stance on Ghanaian values and the content being taught in schools, insisting that steps must be taken to review the curriculum and remove such materials.
Rev. Fordjour also questioned the government’s commitment to prioritising legislation on family values, arguing that the introduction of the content undermines public confidence in its position on the issue.
