Annoyed Tamale residents pull down ‘LGBTQI+’ billboards.

Residents of Tamale has pulled down a billboard which sought to appeal to the conscience of the public to love, tolerate and accept LGBTQI+ people in society.

Residents saw the huge billboard mounted at a popular junction known as ‘Banjira Junction’ at Agric, a suburb of Tamale.

The billboard had the inscription, “Love, Tolerance and Acceptance are proper Ghanaian family values. #WeAreAllGhana” and had two hands, in opposite directions, shaking each other.

To many, it was not clear exactly what that meant until Justice Social reported it was advocating for Ghanaians to love, tolerate and accept the LGBTQI people in their communities.

This angered many residents who threatened to pull it down.

At about 5pm on Tuesday, some residents massed up, pulled down the billboard and burnt it.

Assemblyman for the Mohayibihi Electoral Area, Mohammed Murtala told Justicefmonline that he organized residents to pull it down.

He said he called the assembly to find out who gave the permit for the billboard to be mounted in the area, only to be told it was released to a private individual to manage.

One of the angry residents who wants to remain anonymous told Justicefmonline that they pulled down the billboard to send a signal to promoters of the rights of the LGBTQI+ to stay away from Tamale.

“We want them to know that we will not entertain this nonsense, they are even lucky that we didn’t see the people who mounted the billboard” he said.

“We will not only pull this down but next time we find anybody mounting any such billboard or openly campaigning for this nonsense, we will deal with them” he threatened.

Another resident said they would not hesitate searching for the individuals who mounted the billboard. “We’ll get them. The billboard was mounted this morning. The guy who was in charge is in Tamale. We need identification” the angry resident said.

Others questioned who gave the promoters the permit to mount the billboard in Tamale, calling for the arrest of such persons.

Before the billboard was brought down, Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram, Sam Dzata George called on residents to take down the billboard before nightfall.

“To all the faithful and patriotic nationalist in Tamale, your Nation demands your devotion. Take down the Billboard before night fall. It is your civic duty to protect the Constitution. Let Tamale rise! We showed the way in Accra”.

The MP himself had organized his colleagues and supporters to pull down a similar billboard in Accra last week.

Source: Justicefmonline/Mumuni Yirifa Yunus