Promoting fact justice!!
Claim: An X user (formerly Twitter) has alleged that lawmaker Frank Annoh-Dompreh has been retained as the Member of Parliament for the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency. Verdict: False! JUSTFACT GHANA’s investigation showed the lawmaker had not been declared as the Member of Parliament (MP)-Elect for the Nsawam-Adoagyiri Constituency, as alleged. The Electoral Commission (EC) Returning Officer in […]
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, […]
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 […]
The 2024 Presidential candidate of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is Ghana’s top Meta ads spender as the country heads to a major election in December. With $31,609 (the equivalent of GHȼ553,220.72) spent on Facebook and Instagram ads between Aug. 4, 2020, and Sept. 18, 2024, the Ghana Vice President is […]