UN Peace Ambassador Applauds President Akufo Addo For His Opposition To Same-Sex Relationships In The Country

The General Overseer of Potterville Church International, who is also the UN Eminent Peace ambassador to Ghana, Amb. Bishop Sam Owusu has commended President Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo for stating a clear position on Ghanaians on same-sex relationships in Ghana.

The president’s statement has assured Ghanaians that government will never consider legalising lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBTQ+) activities in Ghana as long as is the President.

This statement follows reports of the opening of an LGBT community office by in Accra which attracted condemnation from a number of Ghanaian, religious and civil society organizations.

Although the office has since been closed down by government, the issue continues to attract a lot of anger among Ghanaians.

The Ghanaian media have been inundated with discussions as our religion, tradition and laws criminalized homosexual activities. The opening of an office to promote an violates our laws. Our society is governed by laws and must be respected.

The open disregard of our country’s law prohibiting same-sex relationship in must be condemn by all.

The UN Eminent Peace Ambassador opined although everyone has the right to be accepted everywhere as a person, the conduct of such persons must be according to law.

Society cannot develop citizens are allowed to disregard and flout laws that are supposed to regulate behaviour and conduct. LGBT community need to understand that issues of human rights reflect the standards necessary for people to live with dignity.

Human rights give people the freedom to choose how they live, how they express themselves, and what kind of government they want to support, among many other things. These and many other human rights related issues can only be achieved where laws of country are obeyed. He called on the Ghana police service to enforce the laws of the land without discrimination.

Amb. Bishop Owusu also urge Ghanaians not to take the laws into their but report illegal activities of LGBT to the police for due process.

Source: MyGhanaMedia.com