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Nana Oye Lithur Approved by Appoinments Committee

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  • harding 11 years ago

    What esle do you expect? The price for not taking part in an election is to be ruled by fools. Since the NPP members stayed away from the vetting that will be the ultimate price. Infact all the nominees will go through especi ...
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  • GHANA 11 years ago

    WE HAVE VERY IMPORTANT ISSUES TO TACKEL NOW THAN THIS GAY NONSENSE

  • Nana Akomea 11 years ago

    Yes, we have far more important issues, so why not just fuck the shit in your partners anus and leave us alone?

  • TerriblY Spe cifiC 11 years ago

    NANA OYE LITHUR MUST BE CAREFUL NMOT TO PROMOTE THAT ACCURSED CULTURE FROM THE WESTERN WORLD.

  • PETER AMOATEY 11 years ago

    Ghanaians like the rest of world are warming up to gay and bisexual relationship. It will take a long time but society will gradually be more tolerant of gays and lesbains. I do not promote it but i believe they have a right ...
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  • kofi Bassar 11 years ago

    You are dead wrong . We black people never warm up to anything that we find obnoxious. Even blacks in the US dont and have not warmed up with this nonsense.

  • .... 11 years ago

    What rights do they not currently have? Should they be able to adopt children conceived by a man and woman for instance? We should tread carefully before God visits us with His wrath.

  • Jato Julor (J.J.) Rawlings 11 years ago

    The die is cast !

    At last the defender of gay rights, Oye Lithur has been giving the go-ahead by her NDC foolsoldiers in parliament to head our ministry for gender rights.

    The late Egya Atta once told the British that w ...
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  • things falling in line 11 years ago

    THERE IS NO NEED PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE THE STANCE OF OYE, HER POSTURE IS NOT GOOD FOR THAT POSITION, AND MR PRESIDENT YOU ARE SENDING WRONG SIGNALS, CHANGE THE NAME OF THAT OFFICE.

  • Iron 11 years ago

    I support Mahama but this will go down as his first blunder. The question is, if he knew the stance of this lady why did he nominate her in the first place? These gay activists are very aggressive and all they need is just a ...
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  • CITIZEN ONE 11 years ago

    Which of these practices do you abhor the most;

    1. Man having anal sex with another man

    2. A woman having sexual intimacy with another woman

    3. An adult sexually molesting a 5yr - 10 yr old girl

    4. A priest sodomi ...
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  • Papa 11 years ago

    I am black and ghanaian yet I have warmed up to it. History marches on and you either go along or you are swept along with it. You may foam at the mouth but the truth is, just like civil rights, the rights of gays and lesbian ...
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  • bex 11 years ago

    You are defiant, that won't change anything. Laws are not made by the exception; they are made by the majority. These days, though we call what we have as a democracy, it is really not what is applying. The minority is riding ...
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  • Mahama-Gbagbo 11 years ago

    You are not a true Ghanaian. Our culture abhors homosexuality and lesbians.
    Under Nana Oye Lithur, Ghana will soon have Gay Lawyers, Teachers, and Men of God

  • Reverend 11 years ago

    Kofi Basaar, did u say even blacks in the US dont? You are just ignorant, sit in your village in Ghana and continue to tickle yourself and laugh. I know a lot of black lesbians and gays right across my street. Just wanted to ...
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  • AMINA 11 years ago

    ABOA, YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SUPPORTS EVERY NONSENSE, NOW SUPPORT THIS, IDIOT

  • WILLIAM 11 years ago

    She has promised not to do that. As Minister she is to implement government policy! She may attempt to help change this one at her own peril! Ghanaian public vigilance, if our values stay unchanged, will check-mate any such a ...
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  • kofi essoun 11 years ago

    You ar just a fool and drug addict.

  • SEFWI Boy 11 years ago

    Ghana is doomed with NDC at the helm of affairs.

  • RAS PEE 11 years ago

    I PERFECTLY AGREE WITH YOU. GHANAIANS HAVE SEEN NOTHING YET.

  • Terribly SpeCific 11 years ago

    You said it all Bro,and above all,their case at the supreme court shall end nothing because NDC is stealing expert party.

  • ATAA AYI MAHAMA 11 years ago

    THIS IS WHAT MAHAMA PROMISED THE GAY COMMUNITY AND HE HAS DONE THAT BY APPOINTING A LESBIAN MINISTER TO PROMOTE GAY AND LESBIANISM IN OUR CHILDREN

  • Mahama-Gbagbo 11 years ago

    Mahama is not a true Ghana. He is from Bukarno Faso. This explains why he nominated this lesbian for a ministerial appointment. I CRY FOR MY COUNTRY GHANA.

  • EFO 11 years ago

    TRUMU MADAM

  • Son of Jesus 11 years ago

    Congratulations Nana Oye Lithur.

    You earned the appointment. I will support you.

  • GHANAIAN FEMINIST 11 years ago

    CONGRATULATIONS NANA. WE - THE LEARNED, CIVILISED AND THOSE WHO BELIEVE IN EQUAL RIGHTS IRRESPECTIVE OF AGE, GENDER OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION, RELIGIOUS AFFILIATION,ETC - ARE ALL BEHIND YOU. DO YOUR JOB AS HUMAN ACTIVIST. IT IS T ...
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  • who? 11 years ago

    They were forced to, against their wishes...ei Ghana as3m bebe dabi...hmm!

  • AUSSIE 11 years ago

    MR PRESS WHAT AER YOU AND YOUR N D C BRINGING TO OUR DEAR COUNTRY

  • Abu Ben Adam 11 years ago

    Is she married or she is a lesbian? Has she got children. Hmmmmmm Ghana paaaa ni. Is this Osagyefo's Ghana.

  • Joe Mosi 11 years ago

    SHE IS MARRIED TO TONY LITHUR THE LAWYER DEFENDING THE ILLEGITIMATE PRESIDENT WITH FOUR CHILDREN INCLUDING BOYS

  • bex 11 years ago

    The fat woman minister should know that when homosexuals were in the closet, we had no real problems. We want to keep it that way.

    Western powers that are insisting we recognize them and pour libations for and tell them ho ...
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  • kofi Bassaar 11 years ago

    There is going to be a real struggle on this and the straight will win. Let's put it to vote and you will see how many people will vote against it. California voted against same sex marriage. If California one of the most lib ...
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  • Comrade 11 years ago

    Surely, the legislators on the committee did not have the "balls" to reject her. Shame on our reps for trying to clean the Pres ass. I hope the full house is better endowed to throw her out.

  • Abu Ben Adam 11 years ago

    Is she married?

  • ADAMA 11 years ago

    yes, ndc mahama the pito presido for guinea fowlfighting people and cats thieves animal people

  • Ziggi 11 years ago

    Atinga frafra! we will see more fires

  • Edward 11 years ago

    i voted for ndc, but am sad.....

  • PATAPAA 11 years ago

    THIS DYKE IS VERY LESBIAN BECAUSE SHE IS NOT ATTRACTIVE ENOUGH FOR ANY MAN TO MARRY OR GO OUT WITH HER. PERIOD. SHE WILL BE REMOVED WHEN THE NPP WINS THE COURT CASE.

  • BabaUS 11 years ago

    Very wise decision

  • someone 11 years ago

    IS THE CONSTITUTION GREATER THAN GOD ALMIGHTY? OH GOD HAVE MERCY ON US AND HELP US.

  • Ackah Bangolame 11 years ago

    ...And aside from her incoherent rationalizations, I was miffed by her desire to wear mini skirt, a joke that did not catch on because it was not funny. Her grostesque amorphous shape and head is free from the chopping board. ...
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  • KuKu MickinMac 11 years ago

    How i wish it was Nana Addo Danquah Akuffo Addo who made this appointment. Like i could use all the words not meant for human beings to describe him since i vote for him. But Mr. Prez, you are free to appoint whoever you deem ...
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  • lamfobi 11 years ago

    people like you don't die, you rot in bed till you are collected and burried alive because you never put the truth at where it belongs. if you really voted for NANA ADDO, then why are you insulting him for something stupid m ...
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  • mr no name, 11 years ago

    any womanizer king always want manizer person in his kindom,a word to a wise is enough. WHAT KIND OF PRESITENT IS THIS?, GHANA WE GO BURN LIKE SODOM AND GOMORA..........

  • Joe 11 years ago

    I think it will be in the interest of Nana Oye Lithur to decline the appointment she has been offered because despite that she had been approved, if the how house gives the concent for her to be the minister, it is likely she ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Those who oppose her will make her work very easy. Come one year they will come praising her. I know Ghanaians.

  • Sir Gh 11 years ago

    politics is destroying our motherland

  • Trip 11 years ago

    We must learn to tolerate each other. I am not a homo and would not encourage homosexualism but I would fight to protect their rights as human beings. Love is rare so if two consenting adults find mutual love, who are you to ...
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  • Kofi kaedabi 11 years ago

    What people are condemning is the ACT of homosexualism. This act is no different from prostitution . They are all immoral and are not acceptable in Ghanaian society.

  • profmaxi ucc 11 years ago

    what an awful slap on our culture as Ghanaians

  • gyan 11 years ago

    Well done vetting committee God will make any amends. We are all sinners but Christ did not come b/cos of righteous people,by his grace we shall be winners.

  • nkwantabisa 11 years ago

    Democarcy does not necessary mean only voting.Nice to see how we are all gradually moving to embrace that ingrident.Rights are just too nice to enjoy,since this make a man.Our elders and conservetive parents must come tonterm ...
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  • kOKOTl 11 years ago

    .Welcome Ghana's minister For Gays & lesbos

  • Chris 11 years ago

    A step in the right direction. OYE, the time is now to contribute your quota to mother Ghana. You will have my sUpport, brave daughter of the land.

  • Ghana midfield Rocks 11 years ago

    Ghana needs to accept that every human has the right to co exist with each other.
    Most people calling for her not to be appointed dont understand the simple meaning of human rights.
    Those arguing that homo is a sin are prob ...
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  • Big Alex Aluta.Hamburg. 11 years ago

    Its really true the NDC is made up of gays and lesbians headed by a gay President and his vice.God save Ghana from this evils.

  • Warrant Officer Opou Agyei 11 years ago

    Reason and common sense have prevailed over sheer religious fanaticism, conservatism and hypocrisy.

    Yes, the Ghanaian societal values abhor homosexuality, but for God sake, they are human beings and their human rights MUS ...
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  • Ziggi 11 years ago

    I thought the small fires will was a warning...Now you folks will see Mega fires.Mahamma is a dictator wicked and diabolical..Ghana is doomed!

  • Anyemi 11 years ago

    Show me your friends and I will let you know their character.

  • Prosper 11 years ago

    Ghana is in dire need of enlightened individuals like you to bring light to the millions that are still blanketed in primitive thinking.

  • Ganty 11 years ago

    She doesn’t support homosexuality, but accepts it. There are many gays and lesbians in Ghana. Are you going to kill them all ?
    Who wants to be a homosexual, with all problems that comes with it. It must be something you ar ...
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  • EDWARD KWAMENA APPIAH 11 years ago

    Never on this earth will Ghana legailize homosexuality

  • Kofi Annan 11 years ago

    I think this woman has bewitched the MPs too after doing so to JM. She will definitely bring confusion to the GOVT. After all she has nothing to lose since she is neither an NDC nor a politician.

  • Kofi Annan 11 years ago

    look, she is not even beautiful yet she wants to spoil our children for us. God will punish her peeeeeeee!

  • Prosper 11 years ago

    Deal with yourself b4 coming out in public. It's people like you that Nana Oye and those of us who think like her are shielding the vulnerable from.

  • KOO-SWISS 11 years ago

    gays and lesbien party -that is your coffin in 2016

  • sugar 11 years ago

    Homosexuality and Lesbianism in Ghana, Oh God have mercy.

  • hebeas corpus 11 years ago

    Nana Oye is a modern day Rev,. Thomas Malthus. such position will help in population control in Ghana.we need her revolutionise our society.

  • Emmanuel Akyea-Mensah 11 years ago

    This should be seen as a victory for Ghana in its effort to observe the rule of law and develop its young democracy. Ghana is a signature to the UN charter on human right. This lady is merely defending the rights of guys and ...
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  • Efo Cudjoe 11 years ago

    Thumbs Up!
    Protect the rights of EVERY Ghanaian including Gays and Lesbians!!!

  • Osei 11 years ago

    GHANA, OUR BELOVED COUNTRY HAS SINNED AGAIN !!

  • Gawuga 11 years ago

    NUG is backward, Talibanistic and evil

  • Kwesi 11 years ago

    A great step for democracy in Ghana. This nominations follows in our great history of being tolerate and show hospitality. That some few Ghanaians are turning their back on their ancestors, history and their fellow Ghanaian t ...
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  • SHALOM 11 years ago

    Well, Ghanaians, what do we say? A Gay activist is now given a ministerial position in government and endorsed by our partial parliament. Fathers and mothers must now do everything possible in their homes to nurture their chi ...
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  • DOKORDOKOR 11 years ago

    NOW WE ARE GOING TO TURN OUR GUNS ON THIS GAY PARTY.MAHAMA WILL SERVE ONLY ONE TERM.NKWASEAFOUR.THIS COW LOOKING FACE WOMAN IS GOING TO PROMOTE HOMOSEXUALITY IN OUR GHANA.

  • Sakura 11 years ago

    Please enjoy your sodomy in your rooms. Nana Oye may be having problems with her husband. I am surprised this Bampoe Addo lady of wesley Girls has become so fat. Being gay/lesbian is a private matter and they better not ask ...
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  • Nii Adu Doku 11 years ago

    Bravo for human rights! Bravo for democracy! There is a clear distinction between inalienable human rights and legalizing homosexuality. Bravo for sanity!!

  • 7B 11 years ago

    oye = the dyke, mahama = womanizer, amissah = the gay...

  • CORRUPTS MAHAMA 11 years ago

    GAY MAHAMA,GAY AMISSAH,GAY NDC PARTY,HMMMM EI EI GHANA WHERE MAHAMA IS TAKING US TO?????HMMMMM

  • Mahama-Gbagbo 11 years ago

    The appointments committee is a mere rubber stamp. What can you expect, when the Vice Pre. is gay

  • SHALOM 11 years ago

    Amissah is a happy man now. He will laugh at us. Oh my God, where are we going?

  • Kwesi Kuma in Tema 11 years ago

    disgrace to ghanaians, NDC and Mahama.
    Mr President, are you a support guy or not. Declare your stand.

  • Kwesi Kuma in Tema 11 years ago

    disgrace to ghanaians, NDC and Mahama.
    Mr President, do you support of guy or not. Declare your stand. As a christian, know that ist an imoral practice - forget about the law. It is simply wrong.

  • Kwesi Kuma in Tema 11 years ago

    disgrace to ghanaians, NDC and Mahama.
    Mr President, do you support guy or not. Declare your stand. As a christian, know that its an imoral practice - forget about the law. It is simply wrong.

  • Kodzo 11 years ago

    Congratulations, Mrs. Nana Oye Lithur. Your principle of compasion, patience, long-suffering and persuation for sinners to come to Christ to inherit the everlasting happiness provided in this life and the life to come in Heav ...
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  • BRUT 11 years ago

    NDC PARTY IS AN EVIL ONE UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF MAHAMA. GOD HAVE MERCY ON YOU, MAHAMA

  • Analyst 11 years ago

    It is simply lack of intelligence and wisdom to think that Nana Oye Lithur, as Minister, will promote gayism because she advocates protection for gays.
    In fact, any society in which vulnerable people are not protected is a b ...
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  • Abdul Gafaru 11 years ago

    I think we the youth in ghana are disappointed with the approval of the honorable nominee,our feature will not lay in the hands of these bezard think.ghana is a moral n value country we deserve better.WE LOVE GOD .

  • DEDE 11 years ago

    GHANA IS GRADUALLY BECOMING AN INTOLERANT COUNTRY.SHOULD WE REJECT PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE DIFFERENT FROM US?

  • OBIBINI. 11 years ago

    Mahama and NDC are finished.Ghanaians will show them that God is stronger and greater than them.They stand to lose in the next elections.

  • DR. KWABENA ASANTE 11 years ago

    Sometimes, l wonder how some of our people draw conclusions on issues. Almost the whole nation has risen against the appointment of Nana Oye because she stands to defend the rights of Gays. Hmmmm! Well, l totally agree that h ...
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  • Kofi 11 years ago

    Dr., are we keeping silent about those who have come out openly to defend "cheaters"?

  • DELA 11 years ago

    YES,YOU CAN READ ALL THE COMMENT SO FAR

  • Monkey see, monkey do 11 years ago

    Congratulation Oye. Please keep to your promise of protecting these individuals and NOT the promotion of their human/monkey business. I know there are some who right now are planning to whip their butts anytime they cross pat ...
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  • Papa Dey 11 years ago

    Minister for children?Sad day for Ghana.

  • Tarzan 2021 11 years ago

    GOD BLESS GHANA AS WE HEAD TO RESPECTING THE HUMAN RIGHTS OF ALL - GAYS, LESBIANS, NDC, NPP, WITCHES, WIZARDS, CRIPPLES AND ALBINOS INCLUDED. THIS IS MY HAPPIEST DAY!

  • CCTV 11 years ago

    it is an open secret that the MPS who were hard on that lesbian (Oye) were semon before the seat of the presidency. if that is true, then the president himself is a gay.

  • NII LARTEY NARTEY 11 years ago

    Human beings are not created to fuck up their anus or to be same sex partners. Never! Therefore any human being that chooses to go the disgustingly strange same sex, disqualifies himself or herself as human let alone to merit ...
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  • Robby 11 years ago

    let us not misinterpret her.
    she's got a different mind;desides lesbians and gays are all humans.

  • REPENTED CHRISTIAN 11 years ago

    OH PRESIDENT MILLS, WHY DID YOU LEAVE SO SOON? THE MISSION OF JOHN WAS TO PREPARE THE WAY OF THE LORD. BUT DARKNESS HAS OVERTAKEN US, THE ERA OF GAYS AND BISEXUALS IS UPON US AND WE KNOW NOT WHAT TO DO TO AVERT THE WRATH OF G ...
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  • Amoah christiana 11 years ago

    How can a woman say this ho ghana where are we

  • AMINA 11 years ago

    THE VICE PRESIDENT IS GAY, SO WHAT DO YOU EXPECT? MAHAMA IS PLEASING HIM.

  • ALHASA MORO 11 years ago

    MAHAMA HIMSELF IS A HOMOSEXUAL THEREFORE HE MUST VOTE OUT EITHER NDC OR NPP CURSING IS WAITING FOR GHANA AS FAR AS JOHN MAHAMA IN FAKE POWER

  • K Philly 11 years ago

    Nana Oye Lithur would be a most successful minister. Congrats

  • Nii Ayi 11 years ago

    truth will always triumph over lies. god has seen her through and freedom of association is in full force.

  • Afoakwah 11 years ago

    what are Ghanaians talking about and especially the religious heads that Oye Lithur has no morals definitly she has other than that she wouldnt have been appointed in the first place.what we need to look at is the fact that t ...
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  • DR JAMES PETER KING 11 years ago

    THIS WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT OUR SOCIAL VALUES AS AFRICANS.I SUGGEST THAT A PRESSURE GROUP IS SET TO LOBBY AGAINST ANY LAW TO PROMOTE THE LESBIAN GAY ISSUE.

  • Paul Amuna 11 years ago

    Although I was not privy to the details of the vetting process, if the committee was satisfied with Nana Oye's showing and have approved her appointment, they should be commended for looking beyond sentiments and doing the ri ...
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  • abu 11 years ago

    God will punish the paliament house for approving her..