At the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in November 2011 , then President John Atta Mills pledged to never initiate or support any attempt to legalize homosexuality in Ghana . This was in response to British Prime Minister David Cameron 's comment that the United Kingdom would consider cutting off aid to any country that failed to recognize gay rights . Mills said that Cameron " does not have the right to direct other sovereign nations as to what they should do especially where their societal norms and ideals are different from those that exist " in Britain
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting 2011
LGBT rights in Ghana