Fact Check
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Was the Ho dual carriage road construction started without a design?
Claim The Sokode-Ho dual carriage road did not have a design before construction started in 2016. Verdict False. Data from…
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Cape Verde, not Ghana, is the first tourism destination in West Africa
Claim: President Akufo-Addo has claimed that the World Economic Forum Report 2021 Travel Index ranks Ghana as the number one…
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MISLEADING! Ghana’s debt-to-GDP ratio not 104%
Claim: A member of the opposition NDC Communications team, Beatrice Annan, says Ghana’s public debt to GDP ratio is 104%.…
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Video of man slapping soldier after doing sit-up predates 2023 and not from Ashaiman
Claim: A video of a young man seen slapping a soldier after doing sit-ups is alleged to have been filmed…
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FALSE! Goodluck Jonathan has not asked John Mahama not to contest Ghana’s 2024 election
Claim: A screenshot of the front page of a purported March 1, 2023, edition of the state newspaper, Daily Graphic,…
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Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo not contesting 2024 NDC flagbearership
Claim: An infographic on social media, particularly Facebook and WhatsApp, suggested that former NDC National Chairman Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo is contesting…
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False! Ghana’s Agricultural sector has not consistently recorded over 6% growth since 2017
Claim: The Head of Agribusiness at the Food and Agriculture Ministry, Jeremy Agyemang, has claimed that the sector has consistently…
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Inaccurate! Ghana’s GDP growth rate in 2008 not 7.2%
Claim: The Communications Director of the governing New Patriotic Party, Richard Ahiagbah, says ex-President John Agyekum Kufuor handed over to…
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NDC’s Margaret Ansei makes false claim about Ghana’s December 2016 inflation rate
Claim: Communication Team Member of the National Democratic Congress, Margaret Ansei, says that Ghana’s inflation rate at the time John…
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Former Manhyia North MP makes false claim about Ghana’s Agriculture growth history
Claim: Former Member of Parliament for Manhyia North, Collins Owusu Amankwah, says that Ghana recorded negative growth in the Agriculture…
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