The controversial anti-LGBTQ bill is back in Parliament, and it's not coming from the executive.
It's being reintroduced as a private member's bill by Ningo-Prampram MP, Sam George, along with several colleagues.
The Communications Minister, speaking on Joy News' PM Express on Tuesday night, made it clear: he is keeping his promise to the Ghanaian people-and to his chiefs. "Four weeks and a few days ago, together with some of my colleagues, we reintroduced the bill as a private member's bill," he announced. "I have kept my fidelity and my promise to the Ghanaian people to reintroduce the bill." He admitted that President Mahama had expressed a preference for the government itself to reintroduce the bill.
But for him, that preference did not override his duty to his constituents. "At my vetting, I was asked that question.