Former Deputy Minister of Education and Assin South Member of Parliament, Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, has leveled serious allegations against the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), claiming the party has deliberately introduced an LGBTQ+ agenda into the national school curriculum.
In a statement shared on his social media platforms, Rev. Fordjour accused the NDC of mischievously smuggling LGBTQ+ content into printed Teacher Manuals, textbooks, and other Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) distributed to schools nationwide.
“NDC has mischievously and deliberately smuggled the LGBTQ agenda into the curriculum, printed and distributed Teacher Manuals and other Teaching and Learning Materials (TLMs) to promote LGBTQ, contrary to their deceptive rhetoric of being the party that abhors LGBTQ,” he stated.
The Assin South MP described it as a glaring contradiction between the NDC’s public opposition to LGBTQ+ issues and their alleged covert actions within the education sector. He pointed to specific portions of the materials that he claims promote LGBTQ+ ideologies, despite the party’s outward stance against such matters.
Rev. Fordjour, who previously served as Deputy Education Minister, expressed deep concern over the lack of transparency and called the move a betrayal of Ghanaian values and parental rights in education.
“We demand the immediate recall of all the Teacher Manuals and Textbooks propagating NDCs’ LGBTQ agenda, both online and in print, from schools. We further demand a review of all portions of TLMs poisoned with the LGBTQ agenda with immediate effect to sanitise the curriculum. We strongly caution the government to refrain from using NaCCA and the Ministry of Education to propagate this vile and evil agenda of LGBTQ sexuality education.”
Rev. Fordjour linked the alleged curriculum content to Parliament’s delay in considering the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, describing the situation as troubling.
“This diabolical and dangerous agenda, among others, reveals why this government has suppressed the private members’ bill: Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill from being listed in the Order Paper for consideration and consequential passage by Parliament.”
