Your stance on LGBTQI+ commendable – Wa Naa tells Dr Bawumia

The Wa Naa, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, has praised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for his anti-LGBTQ+ stance.

“Your statement made at the most appropriate forum and at the appropriate time was a masterstroke,” he said.

The Wa Naa remarked this when Dr Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) 2024 flag bearer, paid him a courtesy call at his palace in Wa, the Upper West Regional capital, at the start of his two-day campaign tour to the region.

Recall

On April 11, 2024, Dr. Bawumia addressed Muslim faithful at the Eid celebrations in Kumasi, making his stance on the LGBTQI+ clear. He explained that the country’s cultural and societal norms and values were against homosexuality.

“The Holy Quran is replete with verses frowning on LGBTQI+ acts, including same-sex marriages. One such verse is Quran Chapter 7 Verse 81 (Suratul Al-A’raf), where Almighty Allah emphatically forbids LGBTQI+ acts and describes them as acts that transgress beyond the bounds or the limits of nature. My faith is very strictly against the practice of homosexuality, no “ifs” or “buts”. No shades of grey.

“Therefore, I cannot support that which my religion, and indeed, all the major religions in Ghana clearly and unequivocally forbid. All the major religious traditions in Ghana (Christianity and Islam) are opposed to this practice and I stand opposed to it now and I will stand opposed to it as President, Insha Allah,” Dr Bawumia said at the Eid celebrations.

Wa Naa

The Wa Naa, while he welcomed Dr Bawumia to his palace, also urged all political parties, leaders, and followers to conduct their campaigns free of insults and hate speech as the election season heats up.

The Wa Naa congratulated Dr. Bawumia for his visit and wished him luck in his campaign to become the next President. As part of the visit, Dr. Bawumia met with pastors, youth organizations, and party supporters to convey his vision and ask their support for his ambition to become President.

Appreciation

Dr. Bawumia, for his part, expressed gratitude to the Wa Naa for the warm welcome and requested his blessings and prayers to lead his campaign in the region. “I am sharing my ideas with the people of Ghana with no insults to anyone, simply my thoughts on what I want to do if, by the grace of God, I become President of this country.

And this is how I’ve campaigned throughout, talking about what we’ve done and what we want to achieve as a party and as President,” he explained. Dr. Bawumia stated that if elected president, he plans to put many of his proposals into action.

“Extending agriculture, bringing irrigation, bringing technology to bear and that is something I want to help with. Our healthcare, the education of our children at the basic level and beyond, and technical training. All of these and also our infrastructure,” he said.

“We have a lot to do, but I believe that so far, our government has done quite a bit, even if we haven’t done everything. Now quite a bit in the Upper West Region. The achievements are very significant but we want to do more and I will do more,” Dr Bawumia said.