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Anti-LGBTQ Bill: We are protecting our cultural values – Della Sowah
Member of Parliament (MP) for Kpando Constituency, Della Sowah who is one of the eight lawmakers sponsoring anti-LGBTQ bill has revealed reasons for taking the step.
According to her, the move is to help protect the country’s cultural values among other heritage.
The new bill which has been introduced in parliament would impose a maximum 10-year prison sentence on people who support and advocate for same-sex and gay rights.
“Allow Ghanaians not to copy any culture blindly. For once allow Ghana, the shining black star of Africa set an example that other countries will copy,” she said.
Speaking to the media on this step, she said, “I feel sad when I hear that failure to legalize LGBTQ erodes democracy. Are we saying because we are practicing democracy we should allow it to erode our culture and values as a people? Why should we as Ghanaians give up our identity on account of democracy
“I don’t think on account of democracy you can get a free country like America to practice polygamy, or to legalize other lifestyle choices like the use of substances like cocaine, armed robbery and others,” she quizzed.
According to Hon. Della Sowah, LGBTQ is a lifestyle choice, and it’s not a forward looking practice, adding that she is speaking not as a Christian, but as someone who was raised to believe in what makes her a Ghanaian.Recently some people practicing polygamy were jailed in Canada. Every country protects their values.
Touching on the new bill, she said, on the contrary the law makes for the protection of the human rights of the citizenry or people who make that lifestyle choice.
Della Sowah added that under this bill their (LGBTQ) rights are protected, she indicated that it is only the courts that can find any person accused of the violation of our laws and cultural values guilty.
She further added that this bill when passed would nip the act of instant justice in the bud, and called on Ghanaians to throw their weight behind the eight MPs.
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Gender and Education Ministry hold joint press conference on launch of Free Sanitary Pads for girls
A joint press conference was held today, Wednesday, April 23, 2025, at the conference room of the Ministry of Education by the Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection (MoGCSP) and the Ministry of Education (MoE), ahead of the official launch of the Free Sanitary Pad Initiative scheduled for Thursday, April 25, 2025, at the Salvation Army Cluster of Schools in Accra.
The press conference aimed to brief media organizations and the general public about President John Dramani Mahama’s commitment to ensuring access to free sanitary pads for adolescent girls in schools across the country.
In her brief remarks, the Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Dr. Agnes Naa Momo Lartey, stated that the initiative seeks to promote menstrual health and hygiene among adolescent girls.
She emphasized that this intervention is expected to significantly reduce absenteeism, improve retention, and enhance academic performance.
The Minister further noted that approximately two million girls in both Junior and Senior High Schools are expected to benefit from the initiative.
She therefore called on the media to support in widely disseminating information about the launch and the broader benefits of the Initiative.
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Government, GoldFields,reach agreement on Damang Mine
The Government of Ghana and Goldfields Ghana Limited have reached an amicable agreement on a transitional plan for the Damang Mine.
The operational modalities of the transition involve issuing a new 12-month mining lease to Goldfields’ subsidiary, Abosso Goldfields Limited, pending parliamentary ratification in
May 2025.
Under the new arrangement, Goldfields will resume open-pit mining during the transition period, safeguarding jobs and conducting feasibility studies to establish Damang’s reserves and mine life.
At the same time, the processing of existing stockpiles will continue under the supervision of a joint management team composed of representatives from the Government of Ghana
and Goldfields. The two parties will work in good faith to secure a successful transition and eventual transfer of a viable mine to Ghanaian ownership.
Both parties have agreed to advance discussions in good faith on the renewal of the lease for the Tarkwa mine, due in 2027, and pledged to work together to enhance Ghana’s
potential in the mining sector as a favourable investment destination,
