By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Fact Check GhanaFact Check GhanaFact Check Ghana
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Monthly Round-ups
  • Resources
    • Blog
    • Videos
    • Politics
      • 16 Regions in Ghana
      • Regional Ministers
Font ResizerAa
FourthEstate FourthEstate
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Economy
Search
  • Home
  • Politics
  • Elections
  • Economy
  • Education
  • Monthly Round-ups
Follow US
  • Videos
  • Regions in Ghana
  • Regional Ministers
© 2024 Fact-Check Ghana
NewsReports

Election 2016: Edward Mahama’s Claims Fact-Checked – 50% completely False

Kwaku Krobea Asante
August 12, 2016
Dr. Edward Mahama at IEA
SHARE

When the presidential candidate of the PNC, Edward Mahama took the stage at the IEA Evening Encounter, some of his claims were not true. Out of six of the claims that were fact checked, 3 were found to be completely false, 2 were found to be half true, and one claim mostly true.

The claims made by Edward Mahama were fact checked by a team of seasoned journalists and researchers put together by MFWA with support from the DW Akademie. The goal of this venture is to promote issue-based campaigning where political parties, their main actors, and other key stakeholders in the electioneering process become circumspect and factual in the claims they make. Below is a snapshot of the claims examined with a link to further details:

Claim: Over 65% of the unemployed fall within the youth bracket.

Verdict:  Completely False

 Claim: Ghana is the 7th dirtiest country in the World, according to the WHO….

Verdict: Half True

 Claim: There is no commitment at the top to fight corruption.

Verdict: Half True

Claim: The Government of Ghana has no shares in the 26 mines in the country.

Verdict: Completely False

Claim: Ghana courts are kangaroo courts.

Verdict: Completely False

 Claim: Ghana imports plantain

Verdict: Mostly True

 Click here to read more details about these claims and the fact-checking results.

False! NSS 2016 allowance of ₵559 not equivalent to $143.33
FACT-CHECK IN TWI: Tourism Minister’s claim about utility tariffs under Akufo-Addo’s gov’t false
Noguchi has NOT Approved COA FS as Treatment for Covid-19
FactBox: A decade of assaults on media houses in Ghana
NPP Manifesto Launch: Pres. Kufuor’s Claim on Per Capita Income & Middle Income Status – Half True
TAGGED:IEA Evening Encounter
Share This Article
Facebook Copy Link Print

Latest News

Fake identities: How Ghanaian X accounts posed as international experts for deception
Featured
Achievement of Burkina Faso’s Captain Ibrahim Traore: Facts vs Myths
Featured
Is Chairman Wontumi involved in illegal mining? Here’s what we know
Featured
Côte d’Ivoire coup disinformation: Here are the facts about the trending videos
Featured
Fact Check Ghana

Fact-Check Ghana is a fact-checking project of the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA).

Useful Links

  • About Us
  • The Team
  • Funders
  • Contact
  • Our Methodology
  • Ethics Policy
  • Corrections Policy
2025 Fact-Check Ghana | A project of the Media Foundation for West Africa
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?