Claim that Joe Mettle was police before becoming gospel musician, false
Claim: A photo of Ghanaian gospel musician Joe Mettle in a police uniform has been trending on social media, with many accounts and news portals...
True! NAPO says it’s “Haram” for Muslims living in Dagbon to vote NDC
Claim: Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh, popularly known as NAPO, asserted that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) uses Muslims for votes and suggested that it would...
Viral post claiming Mahama is offering GH₵500 to Ghanaians, false
Claim: A viral WhatsApp post claimed that Former President John Dramani Mahama is distributing campaign funds of GHS500 to Ghanaians.Verdict: False! DUBAWA’s findings revealed that the...
Fact-Check: Bawumia’s claim that Ghana has achieved ‘zero hunger’ FALSE!
Vice President and Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has claimed that Ghana is on a list of countries with...
Bawumia’s $80 bn market value claim for Spotify, false!
Claim: Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, during the launch of the Ghana Music Xperience (GMX) streaming platform at De Icon Centre on Oct 30, 2024,...
NPP’s Ishaq Ibrahim makes false inflation, COVID-19 claims about Mahama
A Communication team member of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party, Dr. Ishaq Ibrahim, has appealed to Ghanaians to keep faith with the government despite the...
Photo of NDC’s veep endorsing NPP on showcased ballot paper, doctored!
Claim: A viral photo shared by social media accounts, including one alleging to belong to former National Democratic Congress (NDC) Central Regional Chairman Bernard Allotey Jacobs, shows NDC’s running...
FALSE! Deputy Education Minister didn’t say teachers can’t be rich
Claim: A Facebook user shared a flyer that claimed Ghana’s Deputy Education Minister, Dr John Ntim Fordjour, said no one can become rich as a “mere teacher.”
Verdict: False....
Mahama makes a false claim about Ghana’s 54% inflation being the highest in the 4th Republic
Claim: Former President John Mahama and current flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress has claimed that in the 4th Republic, Ghana’s highest inflation was...
78% of 2024 BECE candidates had aggregate 33 and above viral report, false
Claim: A Facebook user, Efo Kwesi Mawuto, has alleged that 78% of this year’s BECE candidates had an aggregate score of 33 and above, citing...
Fact card about Napo making ethnocentric comments about Gas, Ewes, false!
Claim: Multiple accounts on social media have shared a fact card claiming former Energy Minister and running mate for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, Dr Matthew...
Claim 8.4 million Ghanaians went a day without food, false
Claim: A quote card allegedly created by TV3 claims that “about 8.4 million Ghanaians, or 24.5% of the population, went a day without food.” This...
Misleading: ‘In 2020, NPP lost election but EC, Court rigged it for them’
Claim: A Facebook group, Hungry Youth Association of GH, is alleging that the NPP lost the elections, but the EC and the court rigged the election...
False! Ken Ofori-Atta not suffering from stroke
Claim: Some social media users and media outlets are claiming that former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta suffered a major stroke over the weekend.Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s...
Dr Bawumia’s claim Ghana will be second African country to have credit scoring system, false
Claim: Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has claimed that Ghana will become the second African country to implement a credit scoring...
Fact card about Mahama’s Indian spell comment fabricated
Claim: An X user, @KokuAnyidoho, shares a fact card alleging that former president and flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama,...
False! Ghana not only country giving laptops, tablets to high schools
Claim: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party, has claimed that Ghana is the only country in Africa that provides laptops and tablets...
Misleading! Nana Kwame Bediako’s event did not take place at Chamber of House of Commons or House of Lords
Claim: A viral video suggests that Nana Kwame Bediako delivered a speech to the UK Parliament on behalf of African leaders.Verdict: Misleading. DUBAWA’s findings reveal that...
NAPO makes false claim about Ashanti’s appointment during Mahama’s administration
Claim: Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh has claimed that former President Mahama did not have an Ashanti among his ministers.Verdict: This is false. DUBAWA Ghana has found...
Claim NPP government recorded annual electricity increment of 11%, false
Claim: Dr Ezekiel Agyekum-Obeng, a communications team member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has claimed that the NPP government recorded 11% of annual electricity...
Galamsey menace: Which administration granted most mining licenses?
Introduction
Ghana heads into a crucial election on Dec 7, 2024. Several issues have headlined social and traditional media discussions ahead of the polls. Mining...
False claim pitches Haruna Iddrisu against Adongo over ‘Pork-eating Bawumia’
Claim: Multiple sources say Ghanaian opposition lawmaker Haruna Iddrisu has discredited a comment his colleague, Isaac Adongo, made in which he described the country’s Vice President, Dr Mahamudu...
Debunked 1963 Accra photo circulates again in 2024
Claim: A Facebook user, Auntie Naa Official, shared a picture on Sept. 27, 2024, which she alleged was taken in Accra in 1963.Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s...
False, NPP did not swap its ballot position with a different candidate
Claim: Social media users have alleged that the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Director of Elections manipulated the party’s ballot position during the presidential election balloting...
FALSE! Mining lease of Akonta Mining Ltd was issued under NPP, not NDC
Claim: Dennis Miracle Aboagye, the Spokesperson of Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2024 Campaign, says Akonta Mining Ltd, a company owned by the party’s Ashanti regional...
False. Viral video of man pumping water from borehole, not MP for Hohoe Peter Amewu
Claim: Social media users have attributed a video of a man struggling to pump water from a well with no water flowing, to Peter Amewu,...
FALSE! Prof Frimpong Boateng didn’t say John Mahama owns a galamsey site
Claim: An X user, Gen Buhari, claims Prof. Frimpong Boateng, a former Environment, Science and Technology Minister, accused ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama of owning an illegal mining site.
Verdict:...
FALSE! Prof Frimpong Boateng didn’t say John Mahama has a galamsey site
Claim: An X user, Gen Buhari, claims Prof. Frimpong Boateng, a former Environment, Science and Technology Minister, accused ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama of owning an illegal mining site.
Verdict:...
False: viral video of man pumping water from borehole, not Hohoe MP, Peter Amewu
Claim: Social media users have attributed a video of a man struggling to pump water from a well with no water flowing, to Peter Amewu,...
NPP’s manifesto subcommittee chairman on economy makes misleading claims on budget data
Claim: Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s Manifesto Subcommittee on the economy, Dr. Mark Assibey-Yeboah, has claimed that the GDP growth and the budget deficit...
Mahama’s aide shares misleading post about Kintampo Waterfall
Claim: Beatrice Annan, a deputy spokesperson of ex-Ghanaian President John Mahama, has shared a video of a muddied waterfall purportedly filmed in 2024, which she blamed...
Mahama makes false claim about Ghana’s power-generating capacity
Claim: John Dramani Mahama, the 2024 flagbearer of Ghana’s opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the party increased the country’s power-generating capacity from 1,810 megawatts in 2007 to...
Ghanaian legislator Frank Annoh-Dompreh draws false comparison with Koreans
Claim: Frank Annoh-Dompreh, a lawmaker with Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), claims that one unique attribute of Koreans is that they retain a well-performing government.
Verdict:...
FALSE! Asamoah Gyan didn’t call out NPP as ‘unserious’
Claim: Multiple sources say Asamoah Gyan, an ex-Ghana Black Stars striker, has described the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as unserious and regretted joining their campaign team.
Verdict:...
Fact check: Photo of Samira Bawumia with NDC umbrella, doctored
Claim: The National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has shared an image purportedly showing Ghana’s Second Lady, Samira Bawumia,...
Fact check: FALSE! Ghana received over ȼ21bn COVID-19 support, not ȼ27bln
Claim: Ex-Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that the country’s financial support from the international community during the COVID-19 pandemic was GHȼ27 billion.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s probe showed...
FALSE! Ghana received over ȼ21bn COVID-19 support, not ȼ27bln
Claim: Ex-Ghanaian President John Dramani Mahama has alleged that the country’s financial support from the international community during the COVID-19 pandemic was GHȼ27 billion.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s probe showed...
Fact check: Haruna Iddrisu makes misleading claims about Ghana’s public debts and inflation
An opposition Ghanaian lawmaker, Haruna Iddrisu, has berated Ghana’s governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the country’s “worst” cost of living.The former Employment and Labour...
Fact check: Isaac Adongo’s claim on current budget deficit, false
Claim: The NDC’s economic spokesperson, Isaac Adongo, has claimed that Ghana has a revenue budget of about 176 billion cedis and a deficit of about...
Fact check: Former MASLOC deputy CEO, Afia Akoto’s public debt statement proven false
The Deputy Chief Executive Officer of Ghana’s Microfinance and Small Loans Centre (MASLOC), Afia Akoto, has registered her discontent with public claims that the governing New...