Promoting fact justice!!
Claim: Accra-based TV 3 reported that the Legon Botanical Gardens, a recreational center located in the heart of Ghana’s capital, Accra, is closing down permanently. Verdict: False! JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed that the Legon Botanical Gardens is not permanently going out of operation, as the media outlet alleged. The University of Ghana, Legon, the facility’s […]
Claim: Multiple sources say the police in Ghana have arrested a popular journalist, Serwaa Amihere, for an undisclosed offense. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s checks showed that the celebrated Ghanaian journalist Serwaa Amihere had not been arrested, as alleged. The picture of a handcuffed lady suspected of being the journalist was taken from Ghanaian gospel musician […]
Claim: Multiple sources say a Presidency report confirmed the associations under organised labour were each given GHȼ2 million to call off their Oct. 10, 2024, strike to protest the destruction of Ghana’s waterbodies through illegal mining. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations showed no such presidency report exists, as some social media users alleged. Also, Accra-based […]
Claim: Ghanaian opposition legislator Haruna Iddrisu says President Nana Akufo-Addo inherited a total public debt of GHȼ120 billion in Jan. 2017 and has increased it to GHȼ745 billion as of Sept. 23, 2024. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s search showed Ghana’s total public debt as of Dec. 31, 2016, was GHȼ122.2 billion, not GHȼ120 billion, as […]