Ghana Speaker Calls President’s Neglect of Anti-LGBTQ Bill Unconstitutional
- President prevents transmission of bill to his office
- Bill could jeopardize $3.8 billion World Bank funding
Nana Akufo-Addo
Photographer: Krisztian Bocsi/BloombergThe speaker of Ghana’s parliament has said that President Nana Akufo-Addo’s neglect of an anti-LGBTQ bill that requires his assent to become law is unlawful.
Parliament has received a communication from the presidency to not transmit the bill for consideration until an ongoing legal challenge to the new law at the nation’s highest court is determined, Speaker of Parliament Alban Bagbin said during proceedings Wednesday.