The Founder of Action Chapel International, Archbishop Nicolas Duncan-Williams, has advised appointees not to use President John Dramani Mahama’s victory to settle political scores.
Speaking during a worship service with the Christian community and President Mahama in Accra, the Archbishop warned that there are implications for using power to settle political scores.
“I want to admonish all the Ministers that sit in counsel with Mr. President, don’t be vindictive. Don’t pay evil for evil. Don’t sit to settle scores with anybody, and do not use the victory and the glory of this President to settle scores with anyone. Because there are implications for that, when you use power given to you and entrusted to you for the benefit of the people to settle scores and to prove a point, there are serious implications for that.
“As I meditate on the word of God, this scripture came to mind, Hebrews 6:10, when the Bible says that God is not unrighteous to forget”, Archbishop Duncan-Williams stated.
He continued: “And to you Ministers of God, I have said to you individually over and over again that this President is not vindictive, and he does not forget; he remembers. It is a matter of time, and you will be surprised that he does not forget.”
President Mahama, on his part, reaffirmed his stance on LGBTQ+ issues, stating his belief that only two genders, male and female, exist.
The President disclosed that he is working closely with the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, to reintroduce the Proper Human Sexual Rights and Ghanaian Family Values Bill as a government-sponsored bill rather than a private member’s motion.
“I, as a Christian, uphold the principle and the values that only two genders exist man and woman. And that marriage is between a man and a woman,” Mahama stated. “I’ve spoken with the Speaker so that a renewal of the expired Proper Families Values Bill should be a bill that is introduced by government rather than as a private member’s motion. And it’s my hope that that consultation would see a renewed Proper Families Values Bill.”
The debate over LGBTQ+ rights in Ghana has been a highly sensitive and polarizing issue for years. While the country’s constitution guarantees fundamental human rights, same-sex relationships remain criminalized under Ghana’s laws, with Section 104 of the Criminal Offenses Act prohibiting “unnatural carnal knowledge.”
