Promoting fact justice!!
Claim: Ben Dotsei Malor, ex-Ghanaian presidential spokesperson, has alleged that the country’s currency, the cedi, appreciated from GHȼ18 to GHȼ11 against the U.S. dollar. Verdict: Misleading. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed that the cedi did not appreciate from GHȼ18 to GHȼ11 against the U.S. dollar, as Ben alleged. Ghana’s Central Bank data revealed that $1 traded […]
Claim: Citi TV alleges President John Mahama has appointed Justice Paul Baffoe-Bonnie as the acting Chief Justice hours after he suspended Justice Gertrude Torkornoo. Verdict: Misleading. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations revealed President Mahama did not appoint Justice Baffoe-Bonnie as the country’s acting Chief Justice. Article 144 Section 6 (B) of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution provides that in […]
Claim: Multiple reports claim that the Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) had frozen the bank accounts of businessman Richard Nii Armah Quaye over tax issues and unexplained wealth. Verdict: FALSE! JUSTFACT GHANA’s checks showed that the GRA did not freeze the businessman’s bank account over tax issues and unexplained wealth, as alleged. Reacting to the reports […]
Claim: A viral fact card alleged lawmaker Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa had blamed the traders at Kantamanto, a popular second-hand clothes market in Accra, for the fire that destroyed their stalls. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations showed that Mr Ablakwa, the ex-Ghanaian deputy Education Minister, did not make the alleged claim. Accra-based media outlet EIB Network, […]