Part II: Fact-checking Dr Bawumia at Gov’t Town Hall Meeting
Claims: Four claims about Ghana’s economic performance
Source: Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia
Verdict: Two True and two mixture
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
Claims: Four claims about the service sector being the largest sector and fastest growing, IMF warning Ghana is in danger of debt distress, transformed BOST from worst performing state-owned enterprise to best performing and banking sector crisis has led to almost 20,000 job losses
Source: Former President John Mahama
Verdict: One true, one mixture and two not eligible
Claims: Two claims about ex-President Kufour being handed a HIPC economy in 2000 and Ghana ranking as one of the fastest growing economies in the
Claims: Two claims about the 50% increase in Communication Service Tax (CST) and allocations from revenue generated from the CST in 2020
Source: MP Samuel Nartey George
Verdict: One true, one mixture
Claim: Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, Gloria Akuffo and Minister of Works and Housing Samuel Atta-Akyea sacked. Source: Online news portal, bestnewsgh.com Verdict: False. Researched
Claim: There is an impending ministerial reshuffle by President Nana Akufo-Addo. Source: Online news portals, bestnewsgh.com and peacefmonline.com published the story, alleging it was a