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Video of Mahama saying NDC will cancel Free SHS, doctored

Ghana Fact-checking Coalition
December 9, 2024
John Mahama, Former President and Flagbearer of the NDC
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Claim: A TikToker has shared a video in which John Mahama, the 2024 NDC Presidential Candidate, said the party would cancel the free senior high school (SHS) policy when voted into office. 

Source: TikTok (Archived).

Verdict: False

Explanation: Research by the Ghana Fact-Checking Coalition showed Mr Mahama did not make the alleged statement. The video is a doctored version of the 2024 NDC flagbearer’s engagement in Kumasi in the heat of the campaign. In the original unedited version of Mr Mahama’s engagement with the clergy in Kumasi, he said: “Those saying we [NDC] will cancel it, it’s a political gimmick… It is not true, today or tomorrow, Free SHS has come to stay.” It is, therefore, not true that Mr Mahama said the NDC would cancel the free SHS policy when voted into office.

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