Promoting fact justice!!
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, […]
Claim: Multiple sources alleged that Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen, an independent presidential candidate in Ghana’s Dec. 7, 2024, election, snubbed the country’s former President John Agyekum Kufuor at a funeral in Kumasi. Verdict: Misleading. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed that the ex-Ghanaian Trade Minister, Alan Kyerematen, did not snub the ex-President John Kufuor as alleged. A review […]
Claim: Oheneba Nana Asiedu, a Ghanaian journalist with a pro-government media outlet, Wontumi Radio, has told his listeners that John Mahama, the 2024 NDC flagbearer, and the other presidential candidates will have different voting days. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigations showed that there would not be separate voting days for the various presidential candidates, as […]
When a presidential or parliamentary candidate dies after the close of nominations but before the election, Ghana’s electoral laws impose a duty on the Electoral Commission to allow a further period of 10 days to file new nominations where a political party nominated the deceased. The 1992 Constitution of Ghana, complemented by other electoral laws, […]