The Minority says the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), while in opposition, strongly supported the legislation and called on former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to assent to the earlier version passed by Parliament in 2024.

It is therefore demanding that President Mahama demonstrate the same commitment by ensuring that the current Bill retains the provisions the NDC previously endorsed.

Speaking at a Leaders’ Media Briefing on Tuesday, November 3, 2026, ahead of Parliament’s resumption, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin said the opposition expected consistency from the government on the controversial legislation.

He argued that the President should not allow further delays or amendments that could weaken the Bill, insisting that Members of Parliament must vote on its actual provisions.

“The outstanding legislation and the Family Values Bill, then in opposition, the NDC said that the bill, as it was then, must be signed by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo. We, the Minority, will want to secure two things: that citizens’ rights are protected and that the original bill, that the NDC promised and passed in opposition, should be the same bill that must be signed by President John Dramani Mahama.

“We don’t want any late amendments carved out or delayed to water it down. Every member must vote on the actual text. Rights must be protected by precise drafting, consistent with the 1992 Constitution. Blanket exemptions are not safeguards, they are a dilution,” he said.

The Minority’s position signals its intention to push for the legislation to retain its original provisions while demanding that the government fulfils the position it adopted when it was in opposition.