'We salute the authorities for their swift response.
Ghana MP Sam George confirmed in a tweet on Thursday evening that the billboard had been removed. Gay sex is punishable in the West African nation with a prison term of three years. It is still unclear who actually removed the billboard. The sign had gone up over the weekend on the N1 Tema motorway, a major highway in the city, according to media reports.īut some MPs objected to it, giving the head of police a 24-hour ultimatum to remove it. A giant billboard mounted in Ghana's capital, Accra, to mark pride month -to celebrate lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer communities - has been pulled down.
