A flag bearer hopeful of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Joshua Alabi, has stated that if the United Kingdom (UK) and its allies cannot accept polygamy, they must desist from forcing African leaders to accept homosexuality.

According to the Former Vice Chancellor of the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), just as polygamy is alien to the Western culture, homosexuality is also alien to the African culture hence the strong resistance by African leaders on the issue.

His comment comes on the heels of recent debates on legalising homosexuality in the country after British Prime Minister, Theresa May urged Commonwealth nations including Ghana to overhaul “out-dated" anti-gay laws.

Speaking on Accra based radio station, ClassFM on Monday, 30 April 2018, Professor Alabi, indicated that Ghanaians are not even willing to discuss the subject matter.

He stated: “I’m a Christian, and we don’t believe in that, I know Muslims also don’t believe in that, I know our traditionalist also don’t believe in that and these three segments contribute to 99 per cent of our people and it simply tells us that we don’t believe in that [homosexuality]. So, we should be bold enough to tell them.

“In that country for example, I don’t think they will legalise polygamy and we’ll not push them to do that and we’ll also plead with them not to push us into this discussion. We don’t even want the discussion, it’s not good for us, and I think this is what we should be doing as leaders of the country, we should just send the signal straight to them and they may stop and we’ll not be discussing this every day.”