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Refrain from signing the Anti-LGBT+ Bill into law - Ministry of Finance warns Akufo-Addo

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  • Donatus 2 months ago

    Ghana now a "Dependent" and no longer an Independent Country?

  • Donatus 2 months ago

    All because of $3,850,000,000.00?

  • Donatus 2 months ago

    Elon Musk could raise over $40,000,000,000.00 to buy twitter. Whaattttt?

  • Ghana is a beggar Nation 2 months ago

    You bet IMF before you can eat. Ghana is a bigger nation

  • Koolyhai 2 months ago

    Ghana Beyond Aid atonsuom. What a hopeless country Akuffo Ghana has become under akuffo Addo!

  • the truth hurts Omanbapa 2 months ago

    DONT MIND THESE IDIOTS, IF GHANA IS BYOND AID THEN WHY ARE U CRYING ABOUT A BILL THAT ONLY ALIGNS WITH WITH OUR TRADITION N NORMS??? NKWASIAFOUR RULING GHANA FORGETTING THAT TRUMUTRUMU ISNT THE WAY FORWARD IN THIS COUNTRY..IF ...
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  • Ken 2 months ago

    Kwasiasem…….go and say the same to Saudi Arabia and the other Arab Countries. I am not in support of the as it doesn’t improve my life in anyway but at the same time I don’t like bullies!! STAND UP TO BULLYING TACTICS ...
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  • Water again 2 months ago

    Arab countries don't have thieving, corrupt, nepotic, and profligate leaders. Their leaders fiercely guard the public purse and and are passionate in developing their countries with the available resource. Can you say same fo ...
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  • Akan Prophecies 2 months ago

    THOSE WHO MADE THE BILL TO CRIMINIALISE HOMOXEXUALITY ARE FOOLS.. THEY KNOW HOW THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY FEELS AND THEIR REJECTION OVER AIDS AND ADDISSTANCE. ALREADY GHANA FROWNS OVER SODOMY. OFFENDERS ARE SEVERELY PUNIS ...
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  • TAKE OR PAY DEMON 2 months ago

    Ghana has no identity. It is a big shame.

  • Future president 2 months ago

    We are so broke, we cannot allow this LGBT bill to further worsen our plight.
    LGBT is not Ghana's problem right now and we should not shoot ourselves in the stomach by making it such a big deal.
    If it wasn't for Sam Geo ...
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  • COD 2 months ago

    Future president, it is a big, big deal to say a big no to these Westerners who want to relate to us as their robots and other machines.
    Ugandans are well and alive after they passed a similar prohibitions which drew the lon ...
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  • Shamu 2 months ago

    If the whole Finance Minister will make such a statement, then, there is no reason why we are empty minded. If not, why this person become a minister to talk in such a way? In fact we are in trouble.
    How can this very person ...
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  • Ayebge 2 months ago

    The minister was a gay by then and he's still a secret puffa that's why o

  • Mahama is coming like cakia 2 months ago

    You people are so broke that you are at the mercy of the IMF which is controlled by the US,get that in your thick skul,they control your country and your president

  • Leo 2 months ago

    how i wish that bill is on my table right now. Do I need more than 1 minute to sign it?

  • Loyalist 2 months ago

    The Minister is a muslim right then he can act against his religion and chief Imam. He cannot work against his constituents and the cultural value of his tribe. NPP will loose either ways.

  • Ray 2 months ago

    Opportunity has presented for this government to actively demonstrate their empty slogan - "Ghana Beyond Aid" These are empty words they authored just to take up pages and confuse the uninitiated.

    Wondering if the new Fina ...
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  • Khai 2 months ago

    My friend, Ghana is beyond Aid indeed, we are beyond help!

  • Kwaku 2 months ago

    2024 elections is choosing btn what is right and what is good for Ghana.

  • Nornormekuadzi 2 months ago

    GHANA BEYOND AID IS BEING DEFEATED

  • KWAKU OWUSU 2 months ago

    I am so sad as a Ghanaian, God has blessed us with everything we need to survive as a sovereign nation but we have mismanaged and now at the mercy of other countries now prescribing how we should even live our lives. This mea ...
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  • KWAME 2 months ago

    NO TRUMU, NO DOLLARS? SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY WRONG WITH THESE PEOPLE.

  • Oh! Atta Mills, Ghana missed you ooo 2 months ago

    I remember the days of Prof. Atta Mills. He was very plain and emphatic about him stance and echoed it well without any fear of the economy. May his gentle soul rest well.

  • Prepare for a coup d'etat if foreign aid stops 2 months ago

    That will be a coup d'etat in Ghana if the foreign aid stops.

  • EKS 2 months ago

    BECAUSE OF MONEY "TRUMUTRUMU" BILL SHOULD NOT BE SIGNED. EII MR FINANCE MINISTER

  • SIMANCO 2 months ago

    Our traditional rulers have anti- LGBT +Bill already . If Parliament is introducing this bill to protect the Ghanaian culture, then then the bill should be referred to them to tell us the sort of punishment they have for suc ...
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  • Ghana is a beggar Nation 2 months ago

    If we reject lgbtq from the western Nations then we should also reject their loans

  • prepare for economic uncertainty 2 months ago

    Foreign aid and IMF loans are what's preventing Ghana from falling into the abyss

  • Hey 2 months ago

    Amin Adam or Adam Amin Anta!

  • Kweku 2 months ago

    This is strange and sad for Ghana. This is strange to hear from the Ministry of Finance. Why do we allow the western countries to dictate to us about our culture and values?. Ghanaians can't allow homosesexuals to tell our ch ...
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  • Kanewu 2 months ago

    Is the loans from the western nations also gay?
    Why don't you go to Russia or China for a loan?

    The same western nations feed us. Without IMF loans and world bank loans, Ghana will cease to exist .

  • Cecilia 2 months ago

    Kwasea. Are loans not to be paid back? NPP is a disgrace

  • Stitches 2 months ago

    Ass-holes. Go to he'll with that fucken 300million

  • Kanewu 2 months ago

    His is jailing gay people going to fix homosexuality in Ghana?
    They will go to jail and become masters at their craft, come back into society and spread it.
    Foolish law

  • Agama 2 months ago

    What kind of nonsense is that?

  • Nana Addo 2 months ago

    So how are Qatar and Saudi Arabia able to flourish with very strict Anti Gay law. Ghanaian leaders are daft. These white people need our resources, can we also ask them to leave and lets see if they will comfortable. Use the ...
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  • Kanewu 2 months ago

    Go trade with Russia and China ..they demand an authoritarian government or military rule.
    Russia and China do not like democracy where governments change

  • Kwadwo 2 months ago

    Now that we know the NPP is against the bill we will use it against them during the upcoming general election. We the majority of the people are willing to demonstrate against Akufo Addo and his useless leadership if he fails ...
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  • Livng 2 months ago

    So Ghana as country cannot show her sovereignty because of reliance foreign donors. Eh!

  • KofSam 2 months ago

    It is really sad to hear some government officials telling Ghanaians that the country cannot survive without financial assistance from the IMF and other international lenders and for that matter Ghana should sacrifice its soc ...
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  • Bree Phi 2 months ago

    Who signed the letter from the Ministry of Finance to the Presidency urging the President to refrain from signing the bill. What was his locus standi? He has acted in contempt of Parliament

  • Yaw 2 months ago

    I respect lslamic religion but, know what? Hence fourth, I will not respect them again.
    The constituents of this minister must be more than angry and tear this mp/ minister apart anytime he goes to his constituency.
    A Musli ...
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  • Yaa Yaa 2 months ago

    The fact that the minister is a Muslim means he is the voice of all Muslims, remember respect is reciprocal.

  • Jim 2 months ago

    It is a shame there is still neo-colonialism in existence among African nations. We cannot decide for ourselves without the white man dictating to us. We cannot even make laws that the white man deems not suitable to their ta ...
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  • One 2 months ago

    Beggars

  • Loyalist 2 months ago

    The NPP desperately needs campaign money for this year's election. Most people in the NPP are against this Bill. Afenyo Markins, Ursula Owusu, Gabby Okyere Darko, Mohammed Amin and others are always speaking against the bill. ...
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  • Apuuh 2 months ago

    This man talks too much and it is an indication that he is empty. So non State actors are now ordering a State around because we have mismanaged everything we have and now we cannot take decisions as a State. Too much beggi ...
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  • Apuuh 2 months ago

    The ministry is not even aware that we the citizens through parliament can veto the president’s refusal to sign the bill into law through 2/3 majority votes by members of parliament.When this happens the president has no ch ...
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  • Johnnybegood 2 months ago

    A party of trumu trumu spread across the finance ministry. A nation of beggers!! Shame on you all.

  • Incompetent department 2 months ago

    So, you can't put policies in place to raise revenue and save us from this imf thing....
    Why is Ghana beyond aid...?

  • Amazing Grace 2 months ago

    We will give NPP government a show down on the day of the election

  • concern citizen 2 months ago

    Dis guy need 4 go hell. He also wanna steal ghana monies small time not them side, TABOO!

  • A Muslim defending gays bcos politics 2 months ago

    I thought the finance minister is a Muslim and we know Muslims stand on LGBTQ. He is choosing politics over his religious beliefs. It is a shame.

  • OSAFO KANTANKA 2 months ago

    Just imagine the actions and behaviour of the ministry that has ruined the economy of the country that has created such chaos and hardships in our nation now asking our President to refrain from signing the Anti- LGBTQ Bill i ...
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  • K.B 2 months ago

    I wish today is December 7th i can wait to vote this evil government out.

  • Kofi Bediako 2 months ago

    The Minister of Finance must resign. He is a stumbling block to the antiLGBTQ bill which Ghana Parliament has approved.

  • Kobina Boafo 2 months ago

    These same idiots who misused Ghana's finances are now asking the President not to sign the bill. Then they ought to reclaim all the missing monies laid out by the accountant General.

  • Abraziaa 2 months ago

    Useless and criminals you guys are thieves and corrupt leaders akufo addo bawumia app government God will punish you guys one by one only Ashanti's and week thinking people understand you idiots people

  • Loyalist 2 months ago

    There are no legal requirements binding countries to accept LGBTQi+ before they can do businesses with the IMF. In fact, no such thing has been on IMF's negotiation table. LGBTQi+ is not part of the aims and objectives of IMF ...
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  • KB 2 months ago

    Ghana would be turned into a new Jerusalem if the President signs the bill. Things are going to be better. Righteousness Exalts a new Nation. Sin is a reproach. President don’t be afraid of their faces just sign Ghana into ...
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