I was surprised when the anti-gay bill was passed on Friday - Speaker Bagbin

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  • Tex 7 hours ago

    Oyiwa

  • Yankey Youth Therapy 7 hours ago

    Conflicting messaging. Not good! Not healthy at all!! Let's get our acts in order, please

  • Azuma 7 hours ago

    NDC QNET GOVERNMENT

    NDC PURELY A SCAM AND PROPAGANDA PARTY

    GHANAIANS HAVE REGRETTED VOTING FOR NDC. MAHAMA AND HIS GOVERNMENT ARE STILL THE INCOMPETENT AND USELESS PEOPLE WE HAVE KNOWN SINCE MAHAMA 1 GOVERNMENT.

    EVE ...
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  • NEWLIGHT 2 hours ago

    Hippocrates!!! God is watching you.

  • RAS MARLEY 6 hours ago

    BAGBIN and MAHAMA are the most HYPOCRITICAL and DUBIOUS characters i have ever seen in my entire life on this LGBTQ issue.

    What kind of SHAMEFUL FLIP-FLOPING is this!!

    Does he Bagbin Ignorantly think Parliament is his P ...
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  • TOGBEGA 6 hours ago

    A FOOLISH STATEMENT by an OLD IDIOT and HYPOCRITE.

  • LOOK AT THIS OLD FOOL and HYPOCRITE!! 5 hours ago

    You are surprised because u are an UNPRINCIPLED SPEAKER OF PARLIAMENT and a DUBIOUS HYPOCRITE who cannot be trusted on this LGBTQ issue.

    The great BENARD AHIAFOR the First Deputy Speaker of Parliament was clothed with all ...
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  • Gyankuma Kakra 3 hours ago

    Totally inept. Total disarray. Ignorance, deceit, selfishness and incompetence at the highest level. How can the majority in Parliament explain the mountain of amendments that makes no sense? Why couldn’t these be discussed ...
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  • We are NPP 7 hours ago

    The implications of What Bagbin is saying is that Akufo Addo could as easily as possible sign this bil but refused to do so

  • Gyankuma Kakra 3 hours ago

    IF THIS IS YOUR UNDERSTANDING OF WHAT BAGBIN SAID THEN YOU NEED TO GO BACK TO JSS. WABON PAAAA. HOW DO SOME SICK PEOPLE REASON? WHAT IS IN THEIR BRAINS? KEROSENE? YOU ARE ALLOWED TO BE DAFT AND IGNORANT BUT KEEP IT IN YOUR B ...
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  • HUNTER 1 hour ago

    you see how stupid you are sounding on a national discussion? SHS is free oooo kindly go back

  • Toghay 7 hours ago

    Tweaaaaa. He knew

  • SAINT MATTHEW AYARIGA - THE MYTIRE FROM GHANA 4 hours ago

    Matthew Ayariga has been canonised as a saint from Ghana by both the Catholic and Coptic church. Why is the church in Ghana not celecrating this news. Ghanaians must wake up and beware of Islam and its horrors. The best way t ...
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  • Ray 7 hours ago

    So what’s your problem

  • What’s the work of your deputy ? 7 hours ago

    Untouchable Bagbin has goofed this time around .

  • LET GHANAIANS DECIDE- Ghanani 7 hours ago

    There is no going back. If there is any doubt about the legality of the bill there should be a national referendum to decide its adoption by Ghanaians..
    Animals are better than those who use the human rights argument to def ...
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  • Efa George, Greece 7 hours ago

    Scammers in government

  • BILLIONAIRE 4GIVE 7 hours ago

    The first deputy and the majority leader only did their best in your absence. If you have some reservations about the manner in which it was done, discuss that in camera and find a nice way of handling it instead of going pub ...
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  • K. Kusi 7 hours ago

    Exactly. As for him, it is always about him. I suspect two this. One, either he wanted to have his name in the records as the one who presided over the passage, or he wanted to or has been trading the bill with the LGBTQ+ com ...
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  • K. Kusi 7 hours ago

    This is how adults who lack home sense speak. Only rubbish. Did you need to put this out in the public? Could you not have discussed this with your deputy who sat in the chair to resolve this? Must you always talk? Such a hol ...
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  • BILLIONAIRE 4GIVE 6 hours ago

    The Speaker should not have directed that the bill be processed if he had not fully reviewed it or received adequate briefing on its contents. Alternatively, he could have instructed the First Deputy Speaker not to proceed wi ...
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  • Sammy 6 hours ago

    So you knew of all these discussions and implications but pushed it to Akufo Addo to sign?
    If he had signed it, would you be happy about it? Your hypocrisy is loud and clear.

  • Yy 6 hours ago

    I am extremely suprise that this usesless thing of LGBTQ is even a matter to consider as humans let alone gontomparliament for humans to be discausing wasting time on useless things

  • Kofi 6 hours ago

    Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin is a lair.
    Why was the bill passed in his absences.
    Hi intentionally evades accountability to his office.
    This is a complete stonewalling.
    IT IS SHAMEFUL

  • Osei 4 hours ago

    I agree 100pc

  • Ben 6 hours ago

    Do you seriously expect us to believe this fat lie?

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  • Kwesipreko 6 hours ago

    Stop waisting our ears with this law, and deal with others that will improve the life quality of Ghanaians.

  • Kwesi 6 hours ago

    A Solomon has come at last

  • Nee 6 hours ago

    The current bill is not strong enough to stop this satanic acts. The best is not sending it to the president and then restore all the 30+ amendments.

  • Ben 5 hours ago

    If the speaker of parliament is now saying that they had to take into consideration human rights from the perspective of the UN Charter and other international protocols as well as views of international partners, then the wi ...
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  • Veer 5 hours ago

    Please,should we throw this issue of lgbtq+ away, most Ghanaians don't know what it is, though they are in it. If we don't talk of it we don't know it exists

  • Analyst 5 hours ago

    If we don't believe in this LGBTQ thing why ist it in parliament? Not to be passed? The speaker should not disgrace himself.

  • Kay 5 hours ago

    I'm not surprised he's sauing this. I never trusted this speaker in the first place.

  • Achakanapaya 5 hours ago

    Useless talk.

  • NANA TRUMU TRUMU ADDO 5 hours ago

    BAGBIN THE CHAMELEON!. YOU WILL NEVER BE PRESIDENT SO DONT SABOTAGE MAHAMA. CANT NDC CHOOSE A NEW SPEAKER?. THERE ARE SO MANY TRIBES IN THE NORTH AND THEY ARE INTERESTED IN BACKSTABBING.

  • Veer 5 hours ago

    Why our big boss Sam George broke silent. I think he understood that it is difficult to implement. Our parliamentarians should tell us the truth about this conflicting issue called lgbtq+

  • The Real Ghanaman 5 hours ago

    This is what is called, if you are a man come pass this way. Hahahaha, stop the pretense and the politicking if the consequences of passing this bill is too adverse for Ghana, do not pretend to be strong, when in fact, you ca ...
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  • Ahene 5 hours ago

    Mr. Bagbin please stop the hypocrisy. Your 'too know' Ahiafor is the problem. You are not on seat and he does your work for you eh? God punish all of you NDC people in that parliament. You see your shame? Look at the embarass ...
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  • Ahene 5 hours ago

    Question, does Ahiafor drink? How can a house with a little over 30 members present and without quorum pass a bill. 'Madness I call it! Who is Ahiafor trying to please? I mean how?

  • Yaw 4 hours ago

    hahahahaha...President Mahama is in UK saying there are issues with the current bill and the Speaker also with this 'i don't know'. So was this a coup or what? Its all much ado about nothing.

  • Akwasi 4 hours ago

    This shows both NDC and NPP are the same, how can the speaker say this, he is aware of everything just playing politics

  • OSAFO KANTANKA 4 hours ago

    So , what is OUR SPEAKER of our PARLIAMENT saying now? Is it a sign of mockery of our kind of Democracy or what ? I don’t get it!!!

  • Elnie 4 hours ago

    Mahama and Bagbin should face death.They are destroying Ghana

  • Dakur 4 hours ago

    This Hon Bagbin's subtle swerving of blame is untenable. You always dodge parliament for your deputies when there are sensitive bills in parliament. You can't be surprised at this.

  • Osei 4 hours ago

    Yoy people are playing games. Gbabin, it seems you were aware of the outcome.

    Why didn't you preside?

  • Prof 4 hours ago

    This hollier than thou Speaker always want to play to the gallery. Why should you be surprised, after you told. The world your determination to pass it ASAP. What do you do to bill after the final consideration, or because yo ...
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  • Paa 4 hours ago

    Politicians are funny. Didn't you do all that the last time?

  • Mr Bagbin 4 hours ago

    That your deputy who says nobody can interview him. He's not serious at all !

  • Maame Abenah 3 hours ago

    All shall know their deeds. God cannot be mocked.

  • TAN 3 hours ago

    Whaaaaat, what is this this this ??? Are we safe ??

  • WK 3 hours ago

    Is gbagbin against the bill?

    There is no any other sexual right aside natural sex that is man and a woman.
    When was the last time we have seen to males and female animal having sex?
    God will never forgive any one who def ...
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  • Use all the energy to stop corruption. 2 hours ago

    The gays and lesbians will go into hiding and plenty families will get disgraced and shamed and most of all the applications for asylum, people claiming they are gay and being prosecuted. The embassies are going to be full pl ...
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  • Nikolo Makaveli 2 hours ago

    Asem b3 ba dabi, where are those pastors and those stomach politicians chiefs.

  • Yaa 2 hours ago

    What a joke. Now, because they see they can't deal with the legal and diplomatic consequences of the law they made so much noise about, and because they have no clue how they can even make it WORK, they should keep on trying ...
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  • NEWLIGHT 2 hours ago

    Hippocrates indeed!!! God sees all

  • Avangard 2 hours ago

    It's impossible to implement the anti_lgbtq+ bill, and our law makers do not wanna come and boldly say it's impossible. If we could remember during npp time, all these kinds of reports came from our leaders. Instead to tell u ...
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  • Avangard 2 hours ago

    It's impossible, let us pay attention to their excuses, and stop the insults. It's really impossible, till Jesus Christ come....

  • Ken 2 hours ago

    Stop the circus. Mr Speaker you cannot change the passage of the bill in your absence. Forward the bill to the President. Stop the circus!!!

  • JB 1 hour ago

    Then it means you are not in charge......

  • HUNTER 1 hour ago

    so the first deputy speaker has become a serial killer ooo to passage of controversial bills larrh

  • Yaw 1 hour ago

    BAGBIN, ANOTHER USELESS AND WASTEFUL SPEAKER OF ALL TIME

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  • Zakarakis 33 minutes ago

    This is BECOMING TOO COMICAL AND EMBARRASSING. A bill that has been passed by Parliament on TWO separate occasions yet doesn't seem to be moving forward seems to confirm the perception that the BLACK MAN IS DAFT. By the way, ...
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  • Capt Adabuga 9 minutes ago

    Are Mr. Bagbin the full time Speaker of the House or some part time one?

  • Ricks 3 minutes ago

    Ghanaians are not serious. Do these parliamentarians believe that they can satisfy everybody and every institution as far as this bill is concerned. They must be dreaming. They should learn from Uganda.