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Kofi Bentil, the Vice President of IMANI Ghana has described persons jabbing or rather, ‘attacking’ President Akufo-Addo following his take on homosexuality on international television as irrational and ridiculous.

The President in an interview on Arab TV station; Aljazeera said “I don’t believe that in Ghana, so far, a sufficiently strong coalition has emerged which is having that impact on public opinion that will say: ‘Change it [the law], let’s then have a new paradigm in Ghana’”.

“I think it is something that is bound to happen like elsewhere in the world, they are activities of individuals of groups”, he said.

Many, following the comments, have expressed disappointment in the President. For them, the comments suggest a partial endorsement of gayism and a likelihood of the country endorsing the culture.

Kofi Bentil however will have none of it from critics as he took to his Facebook wall to express his sentiments. According to him, the country is faced with more pressing and pertinent issues including lack of good roads, reliable energy, good education, etc. which should be the priority of all Ghanaians and for which government should be pressurized to focus and work on.

“You don’t have; good water, good health, good roads, reliable energy, good education, good transportation, You have women delivering on the floor, people dying from cholera, avoidable floods, open defecation, filthy towns, cities and beaches, and so many disgraceful unacceptable situations!

“And you want government to control what grown men do in their bedrooms!!!!!!!!”, he wrote.

He maintains that persons castigating government have missed the point and have serious problems. Government he says, has absolutely ‘no business’, monitoring the personal lives and decisions of individuals, moreso, activities that take place in their bedrooms.

"There’s something very wrong with you, Government has no business in bedrooms. It must focus on the list above.!!!”, the post read.