Regional Minister
The regional minister for the Western Region is Paul Evans Aidoo. In July 2011, it was reported that Aidoo, an Akan and Catholic, had called for the Bureau of National Investigations to arrest all known gays and lesbians in the Western region, and called on landlords and tenants to inform on people they suspect of being homosexual. He was reported as saying, "Once they have been arrested, they will be brought before the law". (A provision in the criminal code section of Ghana's 1992 constitution condemns "unnatural carnal knowledge". The constitution guarantees human rights "regardless of race, place of origin, political opinion, colour, religion, creed or gender", but not sexuality).
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