Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) going into the 2020 general election will fabricate and of spread fake news amongst the general public.
Speaking on Hard Facts with Akosua Manu, the Minister said “Ghanaians should be aware that in the next six weeks the opposition NDC is going to Fabricate tapes, audios and video just like they did in 2008 against President Kufour’s. government and currently what they are doing on the alleged money laundering in the UK. We are just pleading with Ghanaians to be vigilant, rather we should focus on the good works of government and vote for Nana Addo..”
On the issue of employment, he said The Nana Akufo-Addo led-government has employed over 95,000 people in the health sector Akosua the Interest rates on loans have been reduced and this is helping a lot of traders so by all standards this is a working government.”
Mr Oppong-Nkrumah is asking Ghanaians to ignore these reports and rather channel their focus to the works of the incumbent party.
On Monday, Oppong Nkrumah disclosed that no government official has been arrested with 26 million pounds in the UK.
Additionally, it is also untrue that UK authorities have intercepted a haul of cash from Ghana to the UK.
“No government official has been arrested in the UK. It is a total fabrication and we are clear in our minds that it is a fabrication by the NDC and it is part of their strategy for these last eight weeks where they will be churning out a lot of fabrication, lies and fake audiotapes. We are clear in our minds that it is the NDC for one or two reasons. The first person to articulate it publicly is the Honorable Inusah Fusieni, an NDC Member of Parliament.
“They are the ones who are championing it and articulating it on their online media platforms including Radio Gold online. And now you can also find that there is a fake audiotape that purports to be international news broadcast on it which is being circulated since last night,” he said.
He said the strategy is similar to the one deployed by the NDC weeks before the 2008 general elections and has been part of their propaganda architecture, especially in election years.