Ghana: LGBTQ+ Bill to Be Reintroduced Today - Speaker

What the report says

Ghana’s Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, said the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2026, is likely to be brought back to the House on 31 July 2026, according to the Ghanaian Times report distributed by AllAfrica. The bill is widely described as Ghana’s LGBTQ+ legislation and is intended to criminalise same-sex relationships, restrict advocacy and promotion of LGBTQ+ issues, and reinforce what supporters call traditional family values and culture.

Bagbin made the remarks during a courtesy call on the National Chief Imam, Sheikh Osman Nuhu Sharubutu, in Accra. He said he was unhappy with the bill’s sentencing provisions and parts of the text, and argued that it should be reintroduced so lawmakers could refine it. He also said only three clauses would be considered when it returns to Parliament, and that he hoped the process could be completed before recess.

The article says the bill has already gone through several stages: it was passed by the 8th Parliament but was not assented to by former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, then reintroduced in the 9th Parliament and passed again. Its handling has drawn disagreement between the Majority and Minority sides. The report adds that Bagbin said the President was in agreement with the reintroduction, though this was presented as his account rather than an independently verified statement.