The daughter of Ghana's first president, Samia Yaba Nkrumah says it will be unfair for President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the Anti-LGBTQ+ bill passed by parliament on February 28, 2024.
She described the bill which will criminalize LGBTQ+ activities and prohibit their promotion, advocacy, and funding as “brutal” to humans.
Samia Yaba Nkrumah, however, urged President Akufo-Addo not to assent to the bill in an interview with Daily Graphic - citing that, the law could could sow division, a stance she vehemently disapproves of.
"I pray the president does not sign it, or assent to it. I believe it is a brutal, harsh and unjust law, and we don’t need it. We are against rape, paedophilia, against all these situations that people seem to be terrified of gays and I think we need to educate ourselves.
“But most importantly I don’t support anything that brings division and torments the people of Ghana. We are all Ghanaians, and we need to protect and take care of each other,” she said.
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