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False! Ghana’s Presidency has not endorsed LGBTQI+
Claims suggesting that Ghana’s Presidency has endorsed gay rights have been trending on social media since the morning of March 27, 2023. A member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Eric Adjei, also made...
NPP MP Stephen Amoah’s claim the whole country stopped work during COVID-19, false
On Saturday, March 11, 2023, the deputy minister-designate for Trade and Industry, Dr. Stephen Amoah, appeared on Joy FM’s News File programme to discuss a number of topical issues.
During the discussions, he claimed that...
NPP’s Dennis Miracles Aboagye’s claim that road tolls were never suspended is false
A member of the New Patriotic Party’s communication team, Dennis Miracles Aboagye, said on Citi TV’s news analysis programme, The Big Issue, on Saturday, March 18, 2023, that the government had never cancelled road...
SONA 2023: Akufo-Addo’s claim on tourism completely false
Tourism was one of the key areas President Akufo-Addo highlighted in his speech on the state of the nation address (SONA) on the floor of Parliament on March 8, 2023.
The President said the efforts...
False! The IEA and others recommended an ideal size of gov’t for Akufo-Addo
When President Nana Akufo-Addo formed the largest-ever government in the Fourth Republic in 2017, there was a barrage of criticism from the opposition and civil society groups in Ghana. He had appointed 110 ministers...
Mustapha Hamid’s claim on Ghana’s fuel misleading
On Wednesday, February 22, 2023, Chief Executive Officer of the National Petroleum Authority, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, addressed a news conference at the Ministry of Information in Accra on measures taken to enhance the downstream...
Captain Smart’s claims on Afari Military Hospital, Oil Palm in Malaysia Completely False
On February 8, 2022, the host of the Onua Maakye TV show, Blessed Godsbrain Smart, popularly known as Captain Smart, made claims about how Malaysia started its oil palm cultivation and the Afari Military...
How much must you pay for information under the RTI law?
A major challenge that has encumbered the implementation of the Right to Information (RTI) Law in Ghana (2019, Act 989) is the fee burden that applicants must bear for information requests.
For a long time,...
False! Supreme Court did not say it is permissible to use two official names
Following the uproar that has emerged after North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, alleged that a trustee of the National Cathedral Board, Rev Kusi Boateng, uses two official names— Kusi Boateng and...
