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: Dr Matthew Opoku Premph, an ex-Ghanaian Energy Minister, says the 2024 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, promised to pardon jailed illegal miners so they could continue with their illicit activities. Verdict: False. JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed that the ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama did not promise to pardon the jailed illegal […]
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, […]