The Majority Leader in Parliament, Mahama Ayariga, has disclosed that President John Dramani Mahama is fully prepared to assent to the anti-LGBTQ+ bill should it be passed by the Ninth Parliament.

Speaking on the floor of Parliament on October 8, 2025, during a debate on the anti-LGBTQ bill, which has been reintroduced in the House, Ayariga indicated that he had personally spoken with the president regarding the bill, and that he had given his assurance.

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According to him, President Mahama will not hesitate to sign the bill into law, unlike his predecessor.

“… Let me give every assurance that we are ready to pass this bill as a House on this side. And let me also give you assurance that I have personally spoken with the president and he has no hesitation to sign if this Parliament should pass the bill, unlike his predecessor,” he said.

Ayariga, who is also the Member of Parliament for Bawku Central, explained that the bill, which was earlier passed under the Eighth Parliament, was not signed by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

He said that this was because the bill was never forwarded to the Presidency for the president’s assent.

“I’m told that the bill was never transmitted to the Presidency. So, if the bill was not transmitted to the Presidency to be assented to after it had been passed by this House, Mr Speaker, it creates quite a legal issue,” he added.

The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill has been reintroduced in Parliament by a bipartisan group of ten Members of Parliament, led by the MP for Ningo-Prampram, Samuel Nartey George, and MP for Assin South, Rev John Ntim Fordjour.

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The bill seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ activities and their promotion, advocacy, or funding.

It proposes up to three years’ imprisonment for engaging in same-sex acts and up to ten years for promoting or financing LGBTQ+ activities.

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