According to local media reports on Thursday, the new law passed by Parliament on Wednesday provides for imprisonment of between six months and three years for individuals engaging in such activities, while promoters and sponsors of such acts could be sentenced to three to five years in jail.
The passage of the Bill by Parliament comes a day after the Board Chairman of the Ghana Center for Democratic Development (CDD-Ghana), Professor Audrey Gadzekpo, urged the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of Ghana not to assent to it if endorsed by MPs.
“Human rights are not dependent on majority approval or disapproval, therefore the assertion by the proponents of the Anti-LGBTQ+ Bill that because the majority of Ghanaians are allegedly in favour of the bill, justifies its passage into laws is untenable. Ghana is a secular and multi-religious country,” the Graphic Online quoted Gadzekpo as saying.
The bill is expected to come into effect when President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo signs it into law.
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