Anti-LGBTQ bill: We will preserve Ghanaian values – Haruna Iddrisu

Education Minister-designate, Haruna Iddrisu, has said government will maintain the status quo of Ghanaian cultural values when considering the anti-LGBTQI bill.

Haruna Iddrisu made the statement when he appeared before the Appointments Committee on Monday, January 20, 2025 and was asked about his thoughts on President Mahama’s recent comment about the bill.

The Tamale South MP further stated that he will engage the President on the bill to see the way forward while assuring Ghanaians that the Ghanaian cultural values will be preserved.

“We are a country, we have our own values and we have preserved those values in the constitution and it is not for nothing that in the constitution you will always get words like subject to public morality, whose morality? Ghana’s defined morality.

“Growing up, even with you if you went to school, you know where young ladies would go and where young boys would go, that is Ghanaian values, we will preserve that,” he said.

Haruna Iddrisu added: “I will engage the President on the matter, the president does know my position on this subject and it remains unchanged. But I do not think that any Ghanaian parents want teachers to teach their child in school that a man can relate to a man and a woman can relate to a woman but within the context of rights guaranteed.”

President John Dramani Mahama has indicated a preference for promoting family values through education rather than prioritising legislation.

His remarks, made during a meeting with the Catholic Bishops Conference, suggest a shift towards dialogue and moral education over legal measures.

“We won’t need a bill to enforce our family values,” Mahama said. “And that’s why I think more than even the Family Values Bill, it’s us agreeing on a curriculum that inculcates these values into our children as they’re growing up so that we don’t need to legislate it“, he continued.

Prez. Mahama suggests focus on teaching family values over legislation

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