Promoting fact justice!!
Claim: Multiple social media users claim Ghana’s Deputy Education Minister, Rev. Dr. John Ntim Fordjour, said no one can become rich as a “mere teacher.” Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s research showed that the West African country’s Deputy Education Minister, Rev. Dr. John Ntim Fordjour, did not make the alleged claim. The country’s Education Ministry labelled […]
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: 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 […]
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, […]