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Fact-Check Ghana is a project by the @TheMFWA that seeks to enhance fact-based public discourse, and decision making in Ghana’s democratic governance.

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@factcheck_ghana
Fact-Check Ghana
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Vice President @MBawumia addressed the 10th Annual International Tax Conference in Accra yesterday where he made a statement we fact-checked to be false more than two times.
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Kwaku Agyemang-Manu, health minister, said the World Health Organisation (WHO) has assessed Ghana and South Korea as the two countries on the globe who got the COVID-19 management right. We have verified the claim to be false. #COVID19
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Ghana has recorded a total of 26,435 cases of cholera contrary to vice president Bawumia's claim that the country has a “clean sheet of records of cholera in the last five years.” More here:
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3 years
E-Levy town hall meeting: Ursula Owusu’s claims on UK digital tax completely false
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2 years
According to 2022 the Press Freedom Index by Reporters Without Borders, Ghana fell from its 30th position in the global ranking in 2021 to 60th in 2022. In Africa, the country nosedived from 3rd to 10th. This is Ghana’s worst performance in 17 years when it placed 66th in 2005.
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We have just spoken with Albert Kwabena Dwumfour, the GJA President. He says he has not received any threats following his speech yesterday. "There's no threat. Nothing like that," he said. . @GhanaCrimes , stop the disinformation. #FactCheckGhana
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Ghana Crimes Ltd.
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JUST IN- We've received reports that GJA President Albert Kwabena Dwumfour has been receiving multiple threats following his recent speech.
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Akufo-Addo’s claim on food security, economic growth at UN General Assembly false
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2 years
False! Mahama has not insulted Asantes
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Corruption Perception Index (CPI): Mahama’s worst still remains Akufo-Addo’s best 5 years into @NAkufoAddo 's presidency, Ghana’s best score in Transparency International’s CPI is 43 out of 100. This is the worst score Ghana recorded in the @JDMahama era
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Our checks indicate journalists did not receive money when Mahama hosted the media. #FactCheckGhana
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@factcheck_ghana Did journalists also receive money when @JDMahama meet the press?
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“I can only speak about what I received, which was GHS 10,000 and I signed for it,” another journalist told Fact-Check Ghana.
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8 months
False! Bawumia did not initiate the online passport application system
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3 years
Akufo-Addo’s comparison of costs of interchanges inconsistent, misleading
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Corruption Perception Index (CPI): Mahama’s worst still remains Akufo-Addo’s best 5 years into @NAkufoAddo 's presidency, Ghana’s best score in Transparency International’s CPI is 43 out of 100. This is the worst score Ghana recorded in the @JDMahama era
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False! Afari Gyan never said he was NDC member
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This is FAKE! We have not published any report or flyer on this. Kindly disregard. #FactCheckGhana #FactsMatter
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8 months
The Humpty Dumpty Okudzeto Ablakwa has been shamefully Exposed‼️ The Member of Parliament for South Tongu, Hon. Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa alleged that, findings from the Audit Report on Cocoa Roads Improvement Projects indicate that contracts awarded for the upgrading of the Effutu -
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Fact-Check Ghana
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Dennis Miracle Aboagye: “OB (name of show host), go to Turkey, where we import goods from. Today, they are experiencing 80% inflation.” Verdict: False Read our explanation here:
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NPP 2024 Manifesto: Claim that Gov’t improved food security false #WeDeyCheckManifesto
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3 years
#BawumiaSpeaks : "Despite these tax reductions, the data shows that revenue collection in nominal cedi terms has increased by 25% annually since 2017.” Verdict: Completely False Since 2017, there has never been a 25% increment in year-on-year growth in domestic revenue 1/
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3 years
Bawumia’s lecture on digitisation: These claims are false, misleading
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Fact-Check: Mills, Mahama governments did not abandon Euroget projects
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4 months
False! Ghana is NOT the only country in Africa to give SHS students laptops, tablets
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Fact-Check Ghana
2 years
NPP communicator, Dennis Aboagye's claim that the Supreme Court says the use of two official names is permissible is false. More here:
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5 months
Bawumia’s claim of the Gov’t commissioning 10 multipurpose stadia completely false
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4 months
Nana Akomea’s claim of Ghana’s GDP growth being world’s best before COVID-19 false
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3 years
Corruption Perception Index: Mahama’s worst still remains Akufo-Addo’s best
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Fact-Check Ghana
8 months
Our checks revealed that Dr Duffuor’s letter did not raise issues of alcoholism. The viral photo of the letter with a part coloured yellow has been edited. The author, Kofi B. Kukubor, told us "They took the original letter and imposed their words and retained the signatures".
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2 years
Paul Adom-Otchere’s claim on Togbe Afede’s Council of State meeting attendance completely false
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8 months
#BawumiaSpeaks : Claim that Ghana ranked 4th in Africa in E-governance index false
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1 year
False! Bawumia did not initiate the online passport application system
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1 year
NPP Communicator Miracles Aboagye’s claim on Turkey’s inflation rate false
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Fact-Check Ghana
4 months
Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We will look into it.
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Hello @TheMFWA @factcheck_ghana Can you present the facts on this issue please? There is a major debate on X today. Thank you 🙏🏿
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Fact-Check Ghana
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While lashing out at some staff at the Passport Office, Foreign Affairs Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey, said Vice President Bawumia "led the digitalisation efforts" to "put in place" the online application system. We've found that to be false.
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NPP Manifesto: False and misleading claims on digitalization and financial sector
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2 years
False! Ken Ofori-Atta did not say Gov’t spent GH¢36 million on agenda 111 logo
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Fact-Check Ghana
8 months
We have observed that some purveyors of false information have copied the template design of our flyer for disinformation. Kindly disregard the flyers below. Whenever you are in doubt, visit our official pages to verify if a flyer indeed came from Fact-Check Ghana.
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8 months
Claims that the ruling NPP government has abolished 17 or 21 taxes are false. Read our report:
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Claim by Dr. Bawumia's aide, Akbar Yussif Rohullah Khomeini, that the NPP government has abolished 21 “nuisance taxes” completely false. Read our detailed report @factcheck_ghana .
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Claim: “Implemented an E-Pharmacy platform with all pharmacies in Ghana onboarded, the first in Africa and one of a few in the world.” Verdict: Completely False
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NPP Manifesto Fact-checks: On Education: Claim: “TVET Qualification Framework developed…” Verdict: Completely False Explanation: The TVET Qualification Framework was developed for the awarding of all TVET qualifications was approved by Parliament in 2012.
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1 year
Bawumia’s claim about the number of Immigration Service staff completely false
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2 years
. @NAkufoAddo : “Mr Speaker...The World Economic Forum Report 2021 Travel Index ranks Ghana as the number one tourism destination in West Africa.” @factcheck_ghana : Completely False Read more: #SONA23 #SONA2023 #tourism
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False! Not every public school in Ablekuma West has ICT lab
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8 months
Here's another deceptive use of our flyer. This is FAKE! We have not published any report or flyer on this. Kindly disregard. #FactCheckGhana #FactsMatter
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Impressive to see the Tap n' Go App covering a wide range of services, from buses and trotros to parcel delivery and tracking. Tap n Go is not a rebranded version of Aayalolo. #GhanasNextChapter #Bawumia2024 #BoldSolutionsForTheFuture
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NPP manifesto launch: Here are the inconsistencies in the number of jobs created by Gov’t
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8 months
Bawumia's claim that gov't provided free water to all households for a whole year during COVID-19 is misleading. Check out this detailed report.
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3 years
Prez Akufo-Addo got it wrong, NPP promised to build a habour in Cape Coast
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4 years
Highlights of August 2020 Fact-checks: 1. NDC's 60 achievements of John Mahama Four Road Projects Fact-checked. Achimota-Ofankor Awoshie-Pokuase Sofoline Tetteh Quarshie-Adenta. Verdict: Misleading
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The false and contradictory claims by John Mahama and Sammy Gyamfi on the number of Community Day Schools (E-Blocks) completed at the end of Mahama's tenure in 2016. Watch this video for the facts. #FactCheckGhana
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“I received GHS 10,000, not GHS20,000. They also paid for my flight and accommodation for one night,” one of the journalists told Fact-Check Ghana.
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False! Akufo-Addo’s administration is not the only gov’t to reduce electricity tariffs
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NPP Manifesto Fact-checks: On Education: Claim: “We have not only restored it [book and research allowance]: we have increased by 200%.” Verdict: Misleading Explanation: Research allowance increased from GHC500 to GHC1500 but book allowance still remains $1500.
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Video of Mahama saying “Ghanaians are small-minded” doctored
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NPP manifesto launch: No evidence to support Napo’s claim of 68% A1 pass rate in 2020 WASSCE
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4 years
Unemployment Rate in Ghana: Minister’s Claim Completely False Claim: The Minister for Employment and Labour Relations claimed at a recent Meet the Press that unemployment rate was 11.9% in 2015. He based his claim on the Ghana Living Standards Survey (GLSS 6). Verdict: False
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Fact-Check Ghana
2 years
President Akufo-Addo’s best scores in the last three years on the corruption perception index by Transparency International remain the worst in the Mahama administration, which then-opposition candidate Akufo-Addo described as corrupt. More here:
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Ministerial Vetting: Afriyie Akoto’s Cocktail of False Claims and Contradictions Claim 1: “Before we came into office in 2017, the highest amount of production of maize in this country was 1.8 million MT. And I am talking about 2016, which was the last year before we took over.
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Fact-Check Ghana
3 years
Fact-Check Ghana has verified the president’s response on corruption and concludes it’s completely false. Below is the explanation.
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Fact-Check Ghana
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The flyer you have published bears our name, our logo and our colours. But it did not come from us. This is IMPOSTER CONTENT. Desist from it. Disinformation poses a menacing threat to credible elections, peace, stability and the consolidation of the Ghanaian democracy. STOP IT!
@tesconinformant
The New TESCON Informant
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Cloning your designs? How is this a clone of your design? If indeed it is truly fake, provide evidence that the information on the design you claim has been cloned is fake. Do you see any hyphen in the fact check? People go about spreading fake news in this country, and you
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Fact-Check Ghana has spotted a social media card attempting to clone our brand name and identifications to produce a so-called fact-check report. We are not “Ghana Fact-Check” and are not associated with them. Our checks show it does not exist anywhere. It is a product of a
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Bawumia’s claim that Ghana’s cocoa price is highest in West Africa false
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Fact-Check Ghana
2 months
In March 2024, we fact-checked as false the claim that a letter written in the name of Kwabena Duffour by his secretary had raised concerns about alcoholism regarding the NDC's presidential candidate. We see the claim has emerged again. Kindly disregard it! #FactCheckGhana
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Fact-Check Ghana
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Our checks revealed that Dr Duffuor’s letter did not raise issues of alcoholism. The viral photo of the letter with a part coloured yellow has been edited. The author, Kofi B. Kukubor, told us "They took the original letter and imposed their words and retained the signatures".
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Fact-Check Ghana
1 year
A cocktail of completely false, and half-truth claims Vice President, Bawumia, made for the past 6 years. Thread:
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#BawumiaSpeaks : Hours before Bawumia said 10,000 CCTV cameras have been installed, the National Security Minister, Kan Dapaah, had said in Parliament that 6,500 CCTV cameras had so far been installed
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4 months
Bawumia’s claim that Ghana’s cocoa price is highest in West Africa false
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Fact-Check Ghana
7 months
We have seen a video making rounds on social media suggesting that Felix Ofosu Kwakye is raising concerns about the supposed ill health of NDC's flagbearer, @JDMahama . Our checks reveal it's on an old video which has been doctored and taken out of context. Watch this!
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Fact-Check Ghana
3 months
Here's a report we published on the Free SHS debate almost four years ago.
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2 months
Dear All, Thanks for the tags and mentions. We are analysing the claims made over the weekend at the #NDCManifesto2024 and #BawumiaHostsTheMedia . We're also reviewing the #NPP2024Manifesto . We shall be publishing reports on them soon. Watch this space! #WedeyCheckManifesto
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Fact-Check Ghana
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Performance Tracker: Claim on completed 6-seater toilet block in Sentu JHS false
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3 years
Corruption Perception Index (CPI): Mahama’s worst still remains Akufo-Addo’s best 5 years into @NAkufoAddo 's presidency, Ghana’s best score in Transparency International’s CPI is 43 out of 100. This is the worst score Ghana recorded in the @JDMahama era
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Who built UGMC? Here are the facts
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Mahama's speech at NDC 2020 Manifesto launch fact-checked (Thread): Claim 1: “Our economy is in tatters and we are on track to post the highest ever fiscal deficit in our history since the 4th Republic.” Verdict: Completely False
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Rev. Kusi Boateng’s claim about cost of American Bible Museum false
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Corruption Perception Index (CPI): Mahama’s worst still remains Akufo-Addo’s best 5 years into @NAkufoAddo 's presidency, Ghana’s best score in Transparency International’s CPI is 43 out of 100. This is the worst score Ghana recorded in the @JDMahama era.
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No evidence to support Bawumia’s claim on Gov’t creating 2.1 million jobs
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Mobile Money Interoperability: NPP or NDC initiative? Here are the facts
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Sir John's will which contains lands in Achimota Forest and Ramser site at Sakumono in pictures.
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Fact-Check in Twi: Did Mahama introduce teachers’ licensure exams? We have produced our recent fact-check report on who introduced licensure exams in Asante-Twi. Kindly share. Read more here: #FactCheckInTwi #FactsMatter
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Akufo-Addo’s Claim on Corruption in CNN Interview Completely False @CNN @ZainAsher @NAkufoAddo
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1 year
We did not find any evidence supporting viral claims that Former EC Chairperson, Dr. Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, said he has been NDC member. Kindly disregard the claims making rounds on social media. #FactCheckGhana #PromotingInformationIntegrity
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Over the weekend, a flyer titled "Mahama threatens Mamprugu State" emerged and was being shared across social media. Kindly disregard it. It's a fabricated content. #FactCheckGhana
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No! This is FAKE! We have not published any report or flyer on this. Kindly disregard. #FactCheckGhana #FactsMatter
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@factcheck_ghana Do you have a report like this on @S_OkudzetoAblak ?
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“We neither confirm nor deny investigations”- UK Customs on alleged £15 million seizure from Ghana
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4 years
Bawumia’s Claim on Astro Turfs in Ghana False Read More at:
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2 years
Claim: “…the laws of the land accept that I can have two names. There is a Supreme Court ruling which establishes that because of our social cultural environment, we are allowed to have two names.” Verdict: False Read for details
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Prof Adei: "Corruption is too much and we need to be careful. It was worse under Mahama. It has improved a bit under Akufo-Addo, but I don’t think it has improved enough...” Verdict: Completely False Read more here:
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Afenyo-Markin: “Effutu boasts of the highest number of health centres in Ghana.” Verdict: False Read our explanation here:
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Education Minister’s Claim about WASSCE Results Completely False
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Alert!🚨 On the issue of the viral photo of the presidential ballot papers which had been tampered with, @ECGhanaOfficial has confirmed the incident happened in two polling stations. However, the EC has taken steps to remedy the situation. #factcheckghana #GhanaElection2020
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It's a tall list of public officials who pledged and are expected to declare their assets. From the Presidency to Ministers, Supreme Court Judges to Heads of State Institutions, MCES and DCES. Follow @fact_checkghana and watch this space! #assetdeclarationseries
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While the Ghanaian government continue to blame the Russia-Ukraine war for the current hardship, specially the steep rise in food prices,the World Bank says both Russian and war-torn-Ukraine are food secure. Read the details ---
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4 years
This is true. The Ashanti Regional Coordinator of @CodeoElections who was at the polling station has confirmed that the man had tried stuffing some already thumb-printed ballot papers in the box. People saw and raised an alarm. The police whisked him away to the police station.
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Economic Growth: Ghana’s GDP Growth Rate Under Mahama and Akufo-Addo. Here are the Facts (Thread) The argument of who are better managers of Ghana's economy has become central to the campaign messages of the two main political parties in the lead up to the December elections.
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Our checks reveal this is an old video which has been doctored and taken out of context. Watch this!
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We have the full list, from the president to the DCE; from Supreme Court judges to other heads of state institutions. Follow ⁦our handle and get all the updates. #AssetDeclarationSeries
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Fiifi Boafo: “We’re paying $47 more to our Ghanaian farmers compared to Ivorian farmers.” Verdict: False Read more:
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The flyer you have published bears our name, our logo and our colours. But it did not come from us. This is IMPOSTER CONTENT. Desist from it. Disinformation poses a menacing threat to credible elections, peace, stability and the consolidation of the Ghanaian democracy. STOP IT!
@_Fiifi_Sage
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@fourthestategh @factcheck_ghana Which is fake, the information provided on the design or the design itself? Let us understand
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NPP manifesto launch: Here are the misleading claims on health sector
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