Rev. John Ntim Fordjour, Member of Parliament for Assin South, has demanded the prompt dismissal of the Director General of the National Council for Curriculum and Assessment (NaCCA), alleging complicity in advancing an LGBTQ+ agenda through controversial content in school teacher manuals, alongside negligence and disseminating falsehoods.
During an appearance on JoyNews’ AM Show on Wednesday, January 14, 2025, Rev. Fordjour specified three grounds for the sacking.
“The Director General of NaCCA must be fired for one, sleeping on the job; two, being complicit in this grand LGBT agenda; and thirdly, coming to spill falsehoods to Ghanaians,” he said.
The issue revolves around definitions of sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation in a physical education teacher’s manual distributed to schools. The MP accused NaCCA of inadequate oversight, allowing the material to be printed, circulated, and taught for two weeks before any corrective action.
He rejected NaCCA’s assertion of prior review as misleading, noting that the so-called revised version, altered only after public exposure, still includes the contentious definitions.
“As we speak, their so-called revised version, which they edited yesterday, still bears the definition of sex, sexuality, and sexual orientation as pertained in this book,” he asserted.
Rev. Ntim Fordjour stressed that proper diligence should occur pre-printing.
“If they indeed did their job well and they didn’t sleep on the job, or it’s not their deliberate agenda, before the book will even be printed, that is the time to do a review. You don’t do reviews when you have already printed the wrong things, circulated it, enforced it, and it has already been taught for two weeks in the classroom,” he said.