The founder of Light Land Power Ministry International, Prophet D’Jordan Osei Bonsu has appealed to the President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo t to assent to the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill passed by Parliament into law.
The request by the renowned prophet of God is a major support the passage of the bill has received amid the controversy it has stirred internationally, with the US Embassy in Ghana and other international bodies expressing concern about the bill.
The renowned prophet of God said presidential assent was needed urgently to kick in the implementation of the law to deal with the threats that triggered the bill.
The US Embassy in Ghana has been one of the first critics of the passage of the Bill but Prophet D’Jordan Osei Bonsu said the law was for Ghana and not the US.
Ghana’s finance ministry has urged also urged the president not to sign the controversial anti-LGBT bill passed by parliament.
The finance ministry warns the country could lose a total of $3.8bn (£3bn) in World Bank funding over the next five to six years.
Parliament on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, passed the Promotion of Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill (anti-LGBTQ bill) after the third reading.
The bill, when signed by the President, will among other things, prohibit lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (LGBTQ+) and related activities.
It also places a jail term of up to five years on convicts.
Prophet Osei Bonsu said all those who opposed the Bill still had the right to their opinion on the matter, but collectively “this is what we have decided to do as a Parliament.
“I am saying that this is a national concern and the President must give it a national response as early as possible…I’ll still plead with those who have ears of the President that he must move fast and sign so the process can continue; those who want to go to court can still go,” he stressed.