Social media claim on Monday, November 13, 2023, stated that the Vice President’s office was involved in a ‘10,000 bags of rice for Ramadan’ scandal. READ MORE The claim was made in an artwork purportedly shared by some social media users particularly on the X app. The artwork featured the image of the Vice President […]
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Claims that Dr Bawumia promised free haircut for pensioners false
On Monday, November 13, 2023, reports surfaced on social media claiming that Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had promised free haircuts for pensioners. The claim has been widely circulated including by Joyce Bawah Mogtari, aid to the Former President John Dramani Mahama. Influencers on social media who also found the assertion unsettling joined in the […]
Myjoyonline’s publication that Ghana Missed out on IMF deadline misleading
The Ministry of Finance has dismissed recent publication by Myjoyonline that Ghana missed the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) November 1 deadline for disbursement of the second tranche. The Ministry of Finance’s Public Relations Unit stated in an official press release issued on Friday that there was no November 1, 2023, deadline imposed by the IMF for the second tranche […]
NPP Primaries: Team Bawumia denies the $800 million claim
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team has categorically disputed allegations made by fellow New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer contender Ken Agyapong, who claimed he was offered $800 million to step down from the presidential primaries. READ MORE Dr Gideon Boako, Dr Bawumia’s spokesperson, stressed that the claim is false and should be ignored by […]
Misleading! Dormaahene never said Mahama agreed to remove Asantehene from Chieftaincy Act
Source : Fact-Check Ghana On Tuesday, October 17, 2023, claims emerged suggesting that the Omanhene of Dormaa Traditional Council, Oseadeayo Agyeman Badu II had a conversation with the Former President John Mahama on removing the name of Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, from the Chieftaincy Act or upgrade other chiefs to his status. According to […]
Akosombo Dam spillage: Mahama debunks claims
Reports claiming Former President John Dramani Mahama saying President Akufo-Addo refused to meet victims of the Volta River Authority’s dam spillage due of their ethnicity misleading and untrue. SEE MORE The said claim was on Monday, October 16, 2023 widely circulated on social media by some users who might have been disappointed including the former […]
False claims of ‘Dr Bawumia seizes to be a Muslim’ make waves on social media
Disregard any post claiming Dr Gideon Boako said Dr Bawumia seizes to be a Muslim. On Sunday 15th October, a post featuring a video of Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia and the Chairman of the Church of Pentecost, Apostle Eric Nyamekye went viral on X formerly Twitter. READ ALSO In the video where the two […]
Photo of Samira Bawumia apologising to Mahama false
A viral photo of the second lady, H E Samira Bawumia where she was apologizing to former president Mahama false. SEE MORE The aforementioned photo has text in which the second lady pleads for mercy and apologises for an insult she hurled at former President Mahama prior to the 2016 elections. The photo was shared […]
FACTCHECK: Akufo-Addo’s lawyer’s claim Mahama increased electricity tariffs in 2016 untrue
Legal counsel to president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Kow Essuman, suggested via a tweet of August 23, 2023 that the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama government in 2016 increased electricity tariffs during the power rationing crisis known as ‘dumsor.’ SEE MORE Essuman was echoing comments made by Presidential Staffer Dennis Miracles Aboagye who accused the Mahama […]
Akosua Manu’s claim about BoG misleading
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Youth Authority (NYA), Akosua Manu claimed on October 5, 2023 that the Bank of Ghana’s actions have no effect on food inflation in Ghana. READ MORE She pointed out on TV3’s New Day after the opposition New Democratic Congress’ (NDC) #OccupyBoGProtest in Accra. “If you are talking about […]