Gushegu Member of Parliament Alhassan Sulemana Tampuli, a co-sponsor of the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, 2025, has declared that Ghana will not permit same-sex marriage under any circumstances.

Speaking at the 4th Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Family, Sovereignty and Values, the MP insisted that Ghana remains firmly committed to preserving its cultural and family traditions, stressing that same-sex unions are incompatible with the country’s values.

“I want to assure you, it will never happen. A man will never marry a man here in Ghana. And a woman will never marry a woman here in Ghana,” he stated.

His remarks come amid renewed advocacy debates on LGBTQ+ rights across the continent, particularly at a time when African lawmakers are being urged by some stakeholders to resist international pressure on the issue.

At the same conference, the Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, Moses Foh-Amoaning, called on African legislators to reject arguments linking LGBTQ+ rights to international human rights frameworks.

He described such claims as misleading and urged lawmakers not to be influenced by global advocacy narratives.

“Don’t be fooled by the human rights argument. It is a lie from hell,” he told participants.

Foh-Amoaning further argued that LGBTQ+ advocacy is driven by a deliberate agenda, accusing campaigners of using deception to advance their objectives.

“This is an agenda-seeking set of people who are clear on what they want and their hallmark is deception and that’s what I want to expose,” he said.

He also rejected the legal basis often cited in support of LGBTQ+ rights, insisting that references to human rights, sexual rights, and constitutional rights in that context are not grounded in international law.

“So when you hear them talking about human rights, sexual rights, constitutional rights, it’s all false,” he added.

The conference continues to serve as a platform for discussions on family values, cultural sovereignty, and legislative approaches to social issues across African countries.