Economy
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MISLEADING! Ghana’s opposition MPs opposed Government’s new $750m loan
Claim: A legislator with Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Paul Twum Barimah, says none of the lawmakers with the…
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Ghana’s economy grew at 2.9%, not 4.8%, for the third quarter of 2022
CLAIM: Mr Yofi Grant, CEO of Ghana Investment Promotion Centre, has said Ghana’s economy grew at 4.8% in the third…
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Ghana’s 2016 score on corruption perceptions index not different from 2020 to 2022
Claim: An opposition lawmaker, Alhassan Suhuyini, says Ghana’s performance on Transparency International’s Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) has been “so bad”…
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Ghana’s Electoral Commission and the Controversial Constitutional Instrument on Continuous Registration
Ghanaians go to the polls in 21 months, and as a rudimentary requirement, the electoral commission would have to ensure…
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Dr Bawumia’s claim that Ghana had only two astroturfs before 2017 is misleading
Claim: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia claimed that there were only two astroturfs in Ghana before they came into government…
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Is Ghana’s parliament powerless?
The Claims and Controversies Many have questioned if the Ghanaian legislature or parliament is truly independent. Some have also argued…
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FALSE! Inflation in Nigeria in 2019 was 11.4%, not 1.4%
Claim: The National Chairman of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Stephen Ayensu Ntim, says the inflation rate in Nigeria…
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Fuseini, MP for Sagnarigu, makes false claims about Ghana’s GDP growth history, food inflation and public debt stock
On Thursday, March 16, Members of Parliament continued to debate the Motion to thank President Nana Akufo-Addo for his State…
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Nketiah’s claim about ‘All-time high youth unemployment rate’ False!
Claim: Chairman of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, has said that Ghana has recorded an all-time-high youth unemployment rate according…
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Majority leader makes false claims about GDP growth rates among West African countries
Claim: Majority leader, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has said that The Gambia is the only country in the ECOWAS sub-region to have…
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