A decision by the Ghanaian government to slap 17 pesewas on fuel prices as COVID-19 levy has generated outrage among petroleum consumers on social media.
Ghanaian students at different levels of the educational ladder (kindergarten to tertiary) would be going back to school despite the coronavirus. This was confirmed in
Ghana’s parliament has suspended processes leading to the passage of the Public University Bill which was at the consideration stage. The bill drafted by the
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Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo and Deputy Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum joined many others on social media to offer well wishes and good luck messages to the candidates taking this year’s WASSCE. But the comments have led to debates as to what the correct number of SHS candidates sitting for the 2020 WASSCE is?
A claim by Ghana’s Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Manu, that President Akufo-Addo is tired of the coronavirus fight due to citizens reluctance to adhere to the preventive protocols has been making rounds in the media. Although the minister has issued a rejoinder denying that he actually made that claim, checks by GhanaFact say otherwise.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced a partial lockdown of some parts of the country in a bid to contain the coronavirus outbreak.
The country in less than three weeks has seen a spike in the number of confirmed coronavirus cases from 2 on March 12 to 137 on March 27.
Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo has announced plans to close all the country’s borders to human traffic for the next two weeks, beginning midnight on Sunday, March 22.
This follows the sharp increase in Ghana’s confirmed coronavirus cases in the last eight days…
”All Public gatherings, including conferences, workshops, funerals, festivals, political rallies, sporting events and religious activities, such as services in churches and mosques, have been suspended for the next four (4) weeks. Private burials are permitted but with limited numbers, not exceeding twenty-five (25) in attendance.”
Claims: Five claims about Ghana’s economic progress and foreign relations
Source: President Nana Akufo-Addo
Verdict: Three true, one false, one unproven
