Economy
FACT-CHECK: Claim that Ghana has joined BRICS is False
Claim: Ghana has joined the BRICS economic bloc Source: TikTok Verdict: False Researched by Nusrat Essah On the back of a viral TikTok post made
February 19, 2025
Claim: Ghana has joined the BRICS economic bloc Source: TikTok Verdict: False Researched by Nusrat Essah On the back of a viral TikTok post made
Claim: Ghana’s trade balance in 2016 was -2.3% and moved to 4.6% in 2024 Source: Stephen Amoah, MP for Nhyiaeso Constituency Verdict: Partly true Researched
Posts by X accounts affiliated with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) shared varying economic data on the state of the
Claim: NPP government has constructed more than 420 dams Source: Moses Anim Verdict: FALSE Researched by Nusrat Essah The Member of Parliament (MP) for Trobu
The New Patriotic Party (NPP) on August 18, 2024, launched its manifesto ahead of the December 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections in an attempt to
Claim: President Akufo-Addo’s government is the first to reduce electricity tariffs in the Fourth Republic Source: Alexander Afenyo-Markin, Majority Leader Verdict: FALSE Researched by: David
Claim: Ghana has overtaken South Africa as the continent’s leading producer of gold Source: Samuel Jinapor Verdict: TRUE Researched by Abdur Rahman Alfa Shaban The
Claim:No oil well has been brought on stream in Ghana in 8 years Source: John Mahama Verdict: FALSE Researched by Sedem Kwasigah Ghana’s former president
Claim: Ghana recorded -2.7% agriculture growth rate under John Mahama Source: Social media post Verdict: FALSE Research by Gifty Tracy Aminu A social media user
The Member of Parliament for Adaklu Constituency, Kwame Governs Agbodza, on April 5, 2024, shared an infographic that sought to compare inflation and unemployment rates
