The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on President John Dramani Mahama to apologise to religious and traditional leaders over what it describes as inconsistencies in his position on LGBTQ-related issues.
Speaking at a press conference at the party’s headquarters in Asylum Down, Accra, the Member of Parliament for Assin South, John Ntim Fordjour, said the President must be held accountable for commitments he made prior to assuming office.
Rev. Fordjour specifically urged the President and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to apologise to key religious bodies, including the Christian Council, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference, and other ecumenical groups, as well as Muslim clerics and traditional authorities.
He argued that these groups had been misled by what he described as a shift in priorities from the period the NDC was in opposition to its current position in government.
The Assin South MP further called on religious leaders, civil society organisations, and traditional rulers to speak out against what he termed a “U-turn” by the government on LGBTQ matters.
He also encouraged sustained advocacy for the passage of the pending anti-LGBTQ bill, urging President Mahama to assent to it once approved by Parliament.
Rev. Fordjour maintained that the concerns raised by religious and traditional leaders must remain central to national discourse and policymaking.
