December 16, 2020

Election 2020

The count begins: Election petitions must be filed within 21 days after gazette!

Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has declared incumbent Nana Akufo-Addo as the winner of the 2020 presidential elections and subsequently gazetted the results at the Assembly

December 16, 2020

The count begins: Election petitions must be filed within 21 days after gazette!

Verified Facts

Misleading: Bawumia’s ‘UN Board’ appointment being recirculated dates back to 2018

FACT-CHECK: True! – John Mahama misspoke in inaugural address, referring to Tinubu as president of Ghana

Fact-checking Akufo-Addo’s final State of the Nation’s Address

False! Bawumia is not the first to concede before EC announced presidential results

Fact-checking President-elect John Mahama’s interview with Voice of America

False! Prof Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang is not the first female Vice President in West Africa

‘What is trending is false’ – EC debunks viral post of gazetted 57.7% win for John Mahama

FALSE: John Mahama has not said Free SHS unsustainable due to funding

FACT-CHECK: Napo’s ‘no presidential aspirant has won on their first attempt’ claim is False

EXPLAINER: Removal of Supreme Court judges has nothing to do with having two-thirds Majority in Parliament

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