Claim: Ghana’s President Nana Akufo-Addo says financial irregularities in the country’s public sector in 2023 have dropped GHȼ5.2 billion from the previous year. Verdict: True. JUSTFACT GHANA’s research confirmed that financial irregularities in the country’s public sector in 2023 were reduced by GHȼ5.2 billion compared to 2022, as Mr Akufo-Addo alleged. The Auditor-General revealed that […]
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Mahama’s 2020 campaign promise to pardon jailed ‘galamseyers’ misquoted
Claim: An X user, Gen Buhari, alleges that ex-Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama promised to pardon jailed illegal miners to allow them to continue with their activities. Verdict: False. Investigations by JUSTFACT GHANA have revealed that John Mahama, the flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), did not make the alleged claim. In 2020, […]
Bawumia’s aide misquotes Mahama on food inflation in Africa
Claim: Krobea Kwabena Asante, an aide to the Presidential candidate of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, reported ex-President John Mahama as saying the country “has the worst food inflation in Africa.” Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations showed that the ex-Ghanaian President, John Mahama, did not make the claim Mr Kwabena Asante […]
Claim that Mahama said he’ll abolish all Ghanaian taxes, false
Claim: An X user has alleged that John Dramani Mahama, the 2024 Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has promised to scrap all taxes in Ghana if elected in Dec. 2024. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA investigations have revealed that the ex-Ghanaian leader, John Mahama, did not make the comment the X user […]



