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New LGBTQ+ Bill causes uproar on social media
Over the last few months, the freedom and rights of LGBTQ+ in the country have been a subject of public discourse following the opening and subsequent closing of an office for members in Accra in February.
Since the incident, several other actions against the group, including the arrest, detaining and subsequent release of some 21 advocates in the Volta Region has sparked several deliberations on the rights of LGBTQ+ members in the country.
Subsequently, some Members of the Parliamentary Christian Fellowship met, to pray against the group and introduce a bill that seeks to criminalise LGBTQ+ identification and advocacy in Ghana. The copy of the bill was presented to the Speaker of Parliament, Alban Bagbin for review.
However, on Thursday, July 22, a copy of the bill, drafted by the Member of Parliament for Ningo – Prampram, Sam George and 7 other members of parliament made its way to the internet and has since sparked several conversations online.
The bill not only seeks to punish LGBTQ+ members, it also states that any individual or media entity that uses their platform to discuss or advocate for their rights could spend at least 5-10 years imprisonment.
Sympathisers and non-sympathisers of the group have since taken to social media to air their grievances about the bill.
See some twitter reactions below;
You truly can trust an african government to do anything but improve the livelihood of the people
This constant obsession with the LGBTQ community is to distract the people with homophobia so they forget for a sec that they cannot meet their basic needs with leaders eating them
— Judicaelle Irakoze (@Judicaelle_) July 23, 2021
They’re about to send people who practice LGBTQ(an act which won’t affect the development of the country) into prison but Woyome is still a free man. Ghana ankasa herrh 😭😭😭😭😭
— Kobby Founda🇬🇭 (@Founda_) July 22, 2021
LGBT+ Rights is calling an emergency town hall meeting to discuss how to present a formidable opposition to this anti LGBTQ+ Bill. We are open to suggestions and inputs. The meeting will be held virtually and on Sunday 25th July, 2021. Kindly send us a DM if you’ll like to join.
— LGBT+ Rights Ghana (@LGBTRightsGhana) July 23, 2021
Fact is, we’re all biological anomalies. The very nature of biology is anomalous. There exists no two identical samples because even clones adapt to different external pressures and thus become not the same. Difference and change are fundamental to biology and therefore to us all https://t.co/HT5DIcuEAM
— Ariel🌺 • 🤖 (@Sai_Pher) July 22, 2021
This Bill is going to punish people for being born with both male and female sexual characteristics becuase they’re a “biological anomaly.” Is this real or are we in a simulation?
— sedi-chan💵 (@actuallysedz) July 22, 2021
You are only doing this to score political points forgetting the harm you are causing queer folk. Tell us what else you will personally gain from passing this bill if not political points??? Shame on you! https://t.co/yQBbxdAU0n
— Sister Deborah (@deborahvanessa7) July 23, 2021
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Ghana International Trade Fair Center on the eviction and demolition of Fantasy Dome
The Ghana Trade Fair Company Limited has dismantled the “Fantasy Dome,” owned by Fantasy Entertainment, which has been on the trade fair site since January 2018, to pave way for developers to complete the ongoing “Ghana International Trade Fair Center Development Project.”
The dismantled facility will be available to its owners for it to be relocated.
The tenancy agreement between owners of the Fantasy Dome and the Trade Fair Company Limited expired on 31 December 2023. Since then, all efforts by the management of the Trade Fair Company Limited to get “Fantasy Entertainment” to remove the “Fantasy Dome” from the Trade Fair site has proved futile.
The CEO of Fantasy Entertainment has stated in a Saturday March 17th interview that he has an injunction, but the Trade Fair Company Limited has VEHEMENTLY DENIED any such injunction. In fact the company states that it has not been served with any court processes and no injunction was served on the day of the demolition.
Ironically, access to the portion of the site where the “Fantasy Dome” is situated at the Trade Fair site is vital for developers to construct the power and water infrastructure for the project as well as the drainage system to serve the new Ghana International Trade Fair Center. The dome has hampered the progress of these works for approximately 12 months.
To this end, the Trade Fair Company Limited on Saturday, 16 March 2024, embarked on an exercise supervised by the Ghana Police Service with support from the National Security Ministry to take down the “Fantasy Dome” in order for construction works on the Trade Fair site to proceed freely.
Brief background
The Ghana Trade Fair Company (GTFCL) was established by an Executive Instrument (EI) in 1960 as a project to facilitate Ghana’s post-independence trade and industrialization drive.
The Executive Instrument 10 acquired a 239.92-acre land for this purpose and to showcase Ghana’s exports with the view to attracting investors into its fledgling economy.
From its origins in 1960, GTFCL has metamorphosed into a limited liability company strategically positioned to promote and facilitate trade in Ghana.
There have been attempts by successive governments to revive the company through various public-private partnership initiatives. These attempts have focused on redeveloping the entire center under various themes. The current redevelopment project is considered as a core part of President Nana Akufo Addo’s vision to position Ghana as a trade hub for West Africa.
The new Ghana International Trade Fair Center Development Project, when completed, would have a convention and an exhibition center, a technology hub, retail mall, commercial offices, hotel accommodation, and public realm spaces.
Infrastructure works and construction of the major exhibition center are now underway.
It is under the Akufo-Addo government that the company was revived to successfully undertake an aggressive redevelopment of the site. The management and board of directors of the company under this government have worked tirelessly to turn the company into a commercially viable business today and have secured funding from development partners to develop the site.
The new GTFC
The new Ghana International Trade Fair Center Development Project, when completed, would have a convention and an exhibition center, a technology hub, retail mall, commercial offices, hotel accommodation, and public realm spaces.
Infrastructure works and construction of the major exhibition center are now underway.
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