The Minority Caucus on Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee has slammed the government for what it describes as 'double standards' in its handling of LGBTQ-related issues in the country.
In a statement dated Thursday, July 10, 2025, the committee, led by the Ranking Member of the Foreign Affairs Committee, Samuel Abu Jinapor, addressed Ghana's abstention from voting on LGBTQ rights at the UN Human Rights Council.
He accused the government of displaying indifference toward the anti-LGBTQ+ bill being advocated in the country. "Ghana's decision to abstain from this vote is, thus, a sign of Government's indifference to proper human sexual rights and Ghanaian family values which they promised to uphold. "The Government's failure to lay the Anti-Gay Bill in Parliament for it to be passed into law, and its consistent abstinence from votes relating to LGBTQ is clear manifestation of its double standards on LGBTQ issues and the promotion of Ghanaian family values," it read.
The Minority stated that the government's current actions stand in stark contrast to its earlier position, highlighting how, while in opposition, it had pledged to enforce the bill's legislation.
