I support anti-LGBTQ bill but against imprisoning gays – Vincent Assafuah

Vincent Ekow Assafuah, Deputy Minister-designate for the Ministry of Local Government, Decentralisation and Rural Development has acknowledged that while he wholeheartedly supports the passage of the anti-LGBTQ+ bill, he believes that merely ostracising gays from society is not the solution.

Speaking on the bill during his vetting by Parliament’s Appointment’s Committee in Accra on Monday, March 11,  Mr Assafuah indicated that it was parliament’s responsibility to ensure the reformation and integration of gays back into society.

“In principle, the LGBTQ bill that has been passed or approved by parliament is one that I support wholeheartedly because it is in consonance with my tradition and culture.

And so, if we have to reform persons, do we have to mete out punishment that seems to ostracise the person from society.

It seems that as a society, we are bringing out our failures in the sense that we are showing our inability or incapacity to be able to reform people or if you like put people through sessions that reintroduce such persons into society!

I am making a strong point that as a Parliament, we should be very interested in reforming our people

That is our responsibility as a people