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
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.”
After more than 20 years of considerable legislative manoeuvring and exhaustive political scrutiny, Ghana’s right to information (RTI) law has come into effect. But some citizens say it doesn’t go far enough.
Some Ghanaian online platforms have been quick to run headlines that Ghana is “the 3rd most corrupt country in the world” following an article by an American media company, U.S. News naming Ghana in the “10 most corrupt countries, ranked by perception.”
According to US News, this was the results of a public opinion poll on corruption involving some 73 countries based on a survey of more than 20,000 global citizens.
Claims: Five claims about when last the Damba festival was celebrated, Ghana’s growth rate in 2016, comparing Ghana’s deficit in 2016 to 2019, the country’s economic growth rate being one of the fastest in the World and Ghana being the largest recipient of FDI in West Africa.
Source: President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo
Verdict: We rated one claim false, two true and two mixture.
