Mills Fires Cameron On 'Homosexuality Threat'... UK Can Keep Its Aid

President John Evans Atta Mills has officially responded to threats by UK's Prime Minister David Cameron to cut aid to countries with anti-gay legislation saying Ghana would not accept any aid that has homosexuality strings attached to it. He said Ghana, a sovereign nation, will not kowtow to undue pressure from the West to legalise homosexuality. Interacting with media men at the Castle, Osu on Wednesday, President Mills stated that Ghana would go by the constitution because legalizing homosexuality has the tendency to destroy the moral fibre of society. "Let me also say that whiles we acknowledge all the financial assistance and all the aid which has been given to us by our development partners, we will not accept any aid with strings attached if that aid will not inure to our interest or the implementation or the utilisation of that aid with strings attached would rather worsen our plight as a nation or destroy the very society that we want to use the money to improve," he said.

A tough talking President Mills maintained that inasmuch as Britain can initiate policies that reflect their societal norms, they do not have the right to tell Ghanaians what to do regarding their cultural and moral values. “Let me make one thing very clear, no one can deny Prime Minister Cameron his right to make policies, take initiatives or make statements that reflect his societal norms and ideals but he does not have the right to direct other sovereign nations as to what they should do especially when their societal norms are different. “I as President of this nation would never initiate or support any attempt to legalise homosexuality in Ghana. As a government we will abide by the principles enshrined in the constitution which is supreme. “Let me also state that while we acknowledge all the financial assistance and aid by our development partners, we would not accept any aid with strings attached if that aid will not inure to our interest or the implementation of that aid with strings attached would worsen our plight as a nation or destroy the very society that we want to improve”.

source:peacefmonline