Governance

EC Chair’s claim that voter registration was done in district offices in 2016 misleading

On Monday, September 18, 2023, the chairperson of the Electoral Commission(EC), Jean Mensa, said the EC undertook voter registration in its district offices in the lead-up to the 2016 election. Ms Jean Mensa said this...

Factsheet: 10 times government officials misapplied the Covid-19 funds

Millions of COVID-19 funds the government mobilised towards the fight against the virus cannot be accounted for, the latest Auditor-General has revealed. Although GHS 21billion was mobilised for the fight. However, just 25% was spent...

Gabby Otchere-Darko’s Claim on Press Freedom Misleading

Gabby Otchere-Darko, a leading member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and Senior Partner of Africa Legal Associates, on June 2, 2021, tweeted about the press freedom situation in the United States of...

#FixTheCountry Campaign – Here are the False and Misleading Claims in Bawumia’s Response

Last Thursday, Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia posted a list of the country’s problems which he claimed the Akufo-Addo-led administration had solved or was solving. This was an apparent response to issues raised by...

SONA 2021: Here’s a Mixture of Akufo-Addo’s False, Misleading and Contradictory Claims

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered the State of the Nation Address (SONA) on Tuesday, March 9, 2021, at the Parliament House. In his speech, he made claims about the government’s contribution to education, food...

Ghana’s Corruption Perception Under NDC’s John Mahama and NPP’s Akufo-Addo. Here are the Facts

According to Transparency International, Africa loses at least US$50 billion annually to corruption. In Ghana, Ghana Integrity Initiative (GII), Transparency International’s local chapter, projects that corruption costs the country US$3 billion every year. This...