A former president of the National Graduate Association of Teachers (NAGRAT), Angel Carbonu, has alleged that he resisted efforts to introduce LGBTQ-related provisions into educational documents, despite what he described as financial inducements.
Speaking in a video statement shared on Facebook on Sunday, May 31, 2026, Mr. Carbonu questioned what he said was strong international backing for LGBTQ advocacy, suggesting there were broader interests driving support for the movement.
According to him, he encountered such attempts during his tenure as NAGRAT president.
“I have been enticed several times with huge sums of money to allow some of these sentiments of LGBTQ to pass through certain documents, albeit silently, and I can assure you and trust me on this, I vehemently rejected it,” he said.
Mr. Carbonu said his experiences had led him to question the motivations behind what he described as intense global support for LGBTQ causes.
“The verve, the emotion, the willingness, and readiness to let out huge sums of money, the calibre of people who support these programmes all over the world, my question is: what motivates them?” he asked.
The former NAGRAT president also recounted what he described as instances where meetings organised by some diplomatic missions in Accra gradually shifted focus to LGBTQ-related discussions.
“As president of NAGRAT, I was invited to several embassies in Accra to attend meetings. The theme of these meetings was very ambiguous, to say the least. It was when you go for the meeting that you realise that the discussions begin gradually to zero down to specific issues of LGBTQ,” he said.
Mr. Carbonu further argued that there were more pressing challenges in the education sector that deserved attention and investment.
“There are weightier matters in the education field than LGBTQ,” he stated.
His comments come amid ongoing public debate over Ghana’s Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, which has been passed by Parliament and is awaiting further action.
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