Residents of Tamale pull down and burn LGBTQI+ Billboard.
Barely a week that a billboard allegedly projecting the activities of LGBTQ+ was pulled down in Accra, a similar one has also been pulled down and burnt by some residents in Tamale, the northern regional capital.
There has been ragging controversies over the passage of Private Members Bill which is currently before Parliament. Proponents of the bill are seeking among other things, criminalize LGBTQI+ advocacy in Ghana.
The Assemblyman of the Moyabihi electoral area, Mr. Mutala Mohammed expressed worry over the erection of LGBTQ+ billboard in his electoral area.
According to him, he never thought such billboard could be errected within his justification untill yesterday.
Mr. Mutala mentioned that his electoral area is a Muslim populated Community and he doesn't understand why they choised to erect the billboard in the area.
He said several Islamic schools and places of worship (Mosque) are largely located in the Moayabihi electoral area, this he believed the erection was aimed to destabilize the peace of the area and Tamale as well.
He said, management at the Tamale Metro Assembly in charge of billboards in the Metropolis denied knowledge of the burnt billboard when he contacted them.
Mr. Mutala revealed that residents have resolved to burn any billboard in the Metropolis that promotes the activities of the LGBTQ+
“We will continue to burnt those billboards, we are doing this to preserve the constitution of Ghana, anybody who comes to go contrary to the constitution of Ghana must be delt with, we are fighting for freedom and mother Ghana, they have waken us up, so we will be on the watch “.
Source: Alrich24newsgh.com
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