Akufo-Addo ordered LGBTQ office closed – Foh Amoaning ▷ Ghana News

– Foh Amoaning says president ordered LGBTQ office closed

– Ghanaians urged to treat LGBTQ issues as human rights issues

– US President announced resettlement program for LGBTQ people

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The Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Appropriate Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, Moses Foh-Amoaning, revealed on Joy FM that President Akufo-Addo had ordered the closure of the recently opened LGBTQ office in Accra.

Speaking on a Christian show on Joy FM, Foh Amoaning said that Nana Addo already rejects homosexuality in Ghana and that her position has been made clear by the designated Minister for Children and Social Welfare, Adwoa Sarfo.

“President Akufo-Addo has ordered the closure of LGBTQIA offices in Accra, clearly and simply,” Foh Amoaning said.

Akufo-Addo ordered the closure of the LGBTQ office – Foh Amoaning (Stock Photos edited by Arthur)
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Meanwhile, Alex Kofi Donkor, a key advocate for gay rights in Ghana and director of LGBTQI + rights in Ghana, wants Ghanaians to see LGBTQI + issues as human rights issues.

Treating LGBTQI + issues as human rights issues – Director of LGTQI Ghana

Speaking on TV3, Alex Kofi Donkor lamented the attack on LGBTQ people, saying many fear seeking justice let alone reporting the abuse to the police.

“Many are attacked for being homosexual. Because society speaks out against it, many attack us with impunity. All the more reason why we must treat these issues as human rights issues, ”he said.

In other news

Newly-elected US President Joe Biden has deployed a resettlement visa to help people from vulnerable groups, such as LGBTQIs facing discrimination in Ghana and Nigeria, relocate to the United States.

Speaking from the Oval Office as he signed some executive orders, Joe Biden revealed that the United States Federal Government will take all appropriate steps, including increasing the Embassy’s Priority 1 referrals to identify and Thoroughly address the resettlement of highly vulnerable people, including LGBTQI +, who are in need of protection. discrimination and violence.

By this, the United States, according to the BBC, “alerted cases of asylum seekers from LGBTQ communities in order to give them the need to resettle abroad”.

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The Ghana Conference of Catholic Bishops called on President Akufo Addo to declare Ghana’s official position on homosexuality. The debate over the human rights of the LGBTQI community in Ghana has sparked much controversy as the diplomatic community demands that these rights be respected.

In a public letter to the president, the Bishops’ Conference warned the president of the dire consequences if a national perspective on the matter is not made known.

“We call on the President of the Republic and Parliament to unambiguously state their position on the issue of homosexuality and its practice in Ghana. We also call on the government of Ghana to close the LGBTQI offices that were recently opened in Accra. Finally, we also urge the executive and legislature never to be intimidated or succumb to pressure to legalize LGBTQI rights in Ghana, ”the letter reads.

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