The University of Ghana has vehemently denied claims made by private lawyer Moses Foh-Amoaning that the school has changed its rules to permit LGBTQ+ activities on campus.
Following remarks made by Mr. Foh-Amoaning in an appearance on Onua FM’s “Yen Nsempa” program, the allegations were published in a GhanaWeb report on Friday, November 21, 2025.
During the interview, Mr. Foh-Amoaning, who is also the Executive Secretary of the National Coalition for Proper Human Sexual Rights and Family Values, said that the Vice-Chancellor and the University’s Council had changed the institution’s rules to permit LGBTQ+ and transgender activities.
He further claimed that his organisation had written to the University seeking clarification but received no response.
However, in an official statement issued on 24th November 2025, the University described the allegations as false, misleading and defamatory. Management clarified that the recent review of its statutes, conducted in 2024, did not introduce any provisions endorsing or admitting LGBTQ+ activities.
According to the statement, the revisions were made strictly in line with national laws and the University’s regulatory framework.
The University explained that the only changes involved the replacement of gender-specific pronouns such as “he,” “she,” “him,” and “her” with gender-neutral terms like “they” and “their.” This, it stated, was simply a linguistic update to streamline the statutes and align them with modern English usage.
The institution cited the 2011 New International Version (NIV) Bible as an example of how the singular “they” has been generally accepted in scholarly, legal, and even religious literature over the past 20 years.
The University gave an example of how a clause that had previously referred to a council member as “his or her” was changed to adopt a gender-neutral construction without changing meaning or adding new provisions in order to demonstrate the nature of the modifications.
The University had answered questions from Mr. Foh-Amoaning’s coalition, according to the statement. Contrary to the assertion that no answer had been received, a letter dated November 10, 2025, explained the University’s position on pronoun modifications in the laws.
Management further condemned what it described as an unwarranted personal attack on the Vice-Chancellor. The University stated that attempts to personalise an institutional governance matter and to impugn the Vice-Chancellor’s integrity were in bad faith. It emphasised that no Vice-Chancellor holds unilateral authority to change University statutes, and therefore the allegations targeting her were unacceptable.
The University has ordered that Mr. Foh-Amoaning immediately withdraw the misleading comments and issue a public apology.
It cautioned that if this wasn’t done, the organization would have to take legal action to protect its reputation and those of its leadership.
The University also asked GhanaWeb, Onua FM, and other media outlets to report on delicate institutional issues with more accountability. It issued a warning that spreading unsubstantiated information misleads the public and damages national institutions’ reputation. Before publishing, media outlets were urged to confirm information with the University’s Public Affairs Directorate.
The University reiterated its dedication to academic achievement, moral governance, and the establishment of a secure and legal environment for all members of its community in spite of the issue. The management emphasized that it will not let baseless accusations divert it from its goal of providing transformative education and significant research.