Fact-check: 5 claims by President Nana Addo during State of the Nation Address
Claims: Five claims about Ghana’s economic progress and foreign relations
Source: President Nana Akufo-Addo
Verdict: Three true, one false, one unproven
Claims: Five claims about Ghana’s economic progress and foreign relations
Source: President Nana Akufo-Addo
Verdict: Three true, one false, one unproven
Claims: Four claims about Ghana’s economic performance
Source: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Verdict: Two True and two mixture
Claims: 3 claims about fiscal deficit [2018, 2019] being below 5%, 8 financial institutions that started operations during NDC governments going bust and reducing/abolishing at least 15 separate taxes and levies
Source: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Verdict: One claim false, two others true
Claim: WHO lists Ghana, Nigeria and 11 others as top risk African countries for coronavirus
Source: www.pulse.com.gh, www.punchng.com, www.ghanaweb.com
Verdict: False
Claim: Ghana’s President calls for arrest of Minister of Environment and governing party (NPP) General Secretary Source: Unknown Verdict: False It is “fake, please disregard.”