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The Western Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo has revealed that Bureau of National Investigations and the Ghana Health Service is collaborating with the NGO who registered the about 8000 homosexuals in the region to interrogate the about 2000 gays in the region .
According to Mr. Paul Evans Aidoo the measures is to confirm the report and also help reduce the situation in the region.
He stated that they may force to investigations those registered gays so that they check the spread of gayism in the region.
A Constitutional Lawyer, Yaw Anokye Frimpong says there are no direct legal frameworks in the 1992 constitution to arrest the 8000 registered homosexuals in the Western and Central regions.
He explains that criminal code in the constitution do not clearly comes out with on the arrest of homosexuals in the country whether they are registered or not.
Lawyer Yaw Anokye Frimpong said Ghanaians usually confuse religion with the law. He explains that though religiously it’s bad to practice homosexuality, the laws of Ghana have not clearly on the practice of homosexuality.
Meawhile, the Ghana AIDS Commission has issued a statement on the 8000 registered gays in the two regions calling ON Ghanaians to help reduce the number of young people who are lured homosexuality.
The commission said they are already extending services on protection and the use of health products such as lubricants and condoms to identified MSM groups through our CSO’s.
Ghana AIDS Commission is also calling on all religious leaders, traditional leaders, educationists, parents, NGOs working with young people, to get involved in educating our young males on the dangers of being involved in sex with other men.
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