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2020 polls: ‘Is God confused?’ – Agyinasare on ‘JM will win’, ‘Akufo-Addo will win’ prophecies

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2020 polls: ‘Is God confused?’ – Agyinasare on ‘JM will win’, ‘Akufo-Addo will win’ prophecies

Bishop Charles Agyinasare has called out fake prophets who prophesy election victory as well as the death of celebrities.

In a recent virtual sermon, the Presiding Bishop of Perez Chapel International said the Bible has spoken of such prophecies of lies.

For instance, he said Jeremiah 5:31 as saying: ‘The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own power, and my people love to have it so. But what will you do in the end?’.

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Additionally, he quoted Jeremiah 14:14, as saying: ‘And the Lord said to me, ‘the prophets prophesy lies in my name. I have not sent them, commanded them, nor spoken to them; they prophesy to you a false vision, divination, a worthless thing, and the deceit of their heart’.

He said rather than give false prophecies, priests must educate the people, as the Amplified version of Malachi 2:7 says: ‘For the priest’s lips should guard and keep pure the knowledge [of my law], and the people should seek (inquire for and require) instruction at his mouth; for he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts’.

“How can our prophets prophesy safety and who would win elections 2020 in the face of all the social evils?” the founder of Perez Chapel International wondered.

“Is God confused? Some are prophesying Nana [Akufo-Addo] would win while others are prophesying JM [John Mahama] would win”, he observed.

 

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“So, why do the candidates have to campaign, since it is a done deal?” Bishop Agyinasare asked.

Apart from electoral prophecies, Bishop Agyinasare also said: “Instead of educating the masses, we are prophesying the death of celebrities”, asking: “Why are we not prophesying the deaths of poor people”.

“For us pastors, we must judge ourselves so others don’t”, he admonished, quoting I Corinthians 11:31, which says: “For, if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged’.”

“Our prophecies must be subject to scrutiny by the church”, Bishop Agyinasare noted, quoting I Corinthians 14:29, which says: ‘Let two or three prophets speak, and let the others judge’, as biblical evidence.

He, however, observed that every society gets the crop of pastors it desires. “We have the kind of pastors we deserve. With our desires, we have produced the kind of priests we have today”.

To support his assertion, Bishop Agyinasare quoted 2 Timothy 4:3 & 4, which say: ‘The time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4:4 and they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables’.

“We have priests tearing families apart with ‘your wife or mother or your grandmother is a witch’ “instead of teaching the people how to work on their marriage”.

“Instead of teaching people the principles of fasting and prayer so the congregation can pray for their own needs, some say ‘bring provisions, I would fast for you’.

“Instead of teaching the people that God blesses hard work and that if you don’t do any work, which is zero if God blesses you a thousand times, you would still have zero, they are prophesying lotto numbers. What a shame!”

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53 Achievements of President Akufo Addo So Far

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53 Achievements of President Akufo Addo So Far

Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has detailed the successes of the Akufo-Addo-led New Patriotic Party (NPP) government since it took over the affairs of the country two years ago.

List of Achievements Below:

Delivered over 676 vehicles, procured 3 helicopters and other equipment to the Ghana police service

> Procured 307 new ambulances for the ambulance service> Retooled the Ghana Armed forces with new vehicles, ammunition and tools

> Employed a total of 64,770 workers into the health service

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> Employed a total of 66,357 teaching and non-teaching staff into GES between 2017-2019

> A total of 181 projects spread across 112 districts at various stages of completion under 1D1F

> Improved agricultural sector by *providing 215 tractors, 231 farm implements, 141 maize shellers, 25 multi-crop threshers, 68 planters and other machinery amounting to a total of $33m in support of Agric mechanization> Construction of 5 interchanges including Pokuase, tamale, Sekondi, Tema and Obetsebi Lamptey (Abossey Okai)

> 83,000 Ghanaians have been recruited under the Forest Plantation Programme to help restore our environment;

> 200 dams have been completed, and an additional 360 are dams under construction; under the 1V1D initiative

> 50 prefabricated grain warehouses have been constructed to reduce post-harvest losses; and

> 50 rural markets are under construction to enhance trade within our local assemblies.

  • We promised Free SHS to reduce the hardship on parents and we have delivered.
  • We promised to restore teacher training allowances to reduce the hardship on teacher trainees and we have delivered.
  • We promised to restore nursing training allowances to reduce the hardship on nursing trainees and we have delivered.
  • We promised to establish a Zongo Development Fund and we have delivered.
  • We promised a renewed focus on agriculture through the Planting For Food and Jobs program and we have delivered.
  • We promised to issue National ID Cards and we are delivering.
  • We promised to implement a National Property Digital Address System and we have delivered.
  • We promised to digitize the clearance of goods at the ports through paperless ports and we have delivered.
  • We promised to establish three Development Authorities (Northern, Middle Belt, and Coastal) and we have delivered.
  • We promised a One District One Factory program and we are delivering.
  • We promised a One Village One Dam program and we are delivering.
  • We promised a One District One Warehouse program and we are delivering.
  • We promised to implement a Nation Builders Corps- NABCO program to reduce the hardships on the graduate unemployed and we have delivered
  • We promised to implement a National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Program- NEIP to provide support and reduce hardships of entrepreneurs and we have delivered
  • We promised to rehabilitate VALCO to resume operations and we have delivered.
  • We promised to leverage our natural resources to obtain a $2 billion innovative infrastructure financing arrangement with *Sinohydro* and we have delivered.
  • We promised to establish integrated bauxite and aluminium industry and we are delivering
  • We promised to implement mobile money interoperability and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reduce electricity prices and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reduce the hardship in obtaining a drivers license and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reduce the hardship in obtaining a passport and we have delivered
  • We promised to reduce the hardships in renewing the national health insurance and we have delivered.
  • We promised to establish an Office of the Special Prosecutor on Corruption and we have delivered.
  • We promised to revive Ghana’s railways and we are on course.
  • We promised a transparent allocation of Ghana’s oil blocs and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reverse the trend of declining economic growth and we have delivered.
  • We promised to restore discipline in the management of our public finances* and we have delivered with *lower fiscal deficits.
  • We promised to pass a fiscal Responsibility Act and we have delivered.
  • We promised to establish a Fiscal Council and we have delivered.
  • We promised to Establish a Financial Stability Council and we have delivered
  • We promised to reduce inflation to single digits and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reduce interest rates and we are delivering.
  • We promised to keep our exchange rate relatively stable even in the midst of global volatilities and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reverse Ghana’s trade position with the rest of the world from deficit to surplus and we have delivered.
  • We promised to reduce taxes and we reduced and abolished 17 different taxes in two years. We have delivered.
  • We promised to revive the NHIS and we have cleared the GHC1.2 billion arrears inherited under the NHIS.* The NHIS is working again. We have delivered.
  • We promised to move away from a predominance of sole sourcing to tendering in procurement and we have delivered.
  • We promised to bring about a change from destructive galamsey activities to a more regulated small scale mining activities and we have delivered. Says by the NPP
  • We promised to reduce the hardships of the disabled and increase the share of the DACF to persons with disabilities by 50%. We have delivered.
  • We promised to double the Capitation Grant* and we have delivered

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PPP Flagbearer: I can’t do partisan politics in Ghana for now-Prof Gyampo

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PPP Flagbearer: I can’t do partisan politics in Ghana for now-Prof Gyampo

Head of European Studies at the Department of Political Science in the University of Ghana, Professor Ransford Gyampo has denied reports suggesting that he will be contesting for Presidency as the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) is considering making him its flagbearer.

There were reports in some sections of the media suggesting that the astute Political Scientist is at the verge of taking up the flagbearership role of PPP for election 2020.

This the reports said was because of the unavailability of the Party’s founder to contest for the election which will take place on December 7, 2020.

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But the astute political Scientist in an interview with mynewsgh denied the reports indicating that he has no plans in the short term to enter politics.

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According to him, as a Political Scientist, he cannot compromise his neutrality by joining a political party and by so doing taking up the flagbearership role.

“My response is simple. I am not aware of the intention. Secondly, I don’t and can’t do partisan politics in Ghana for now. My job as a Political Scientist requires that I maintain neutrality at all times,” he said.

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The Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) which was founded by D. Papa Kwesi Ndoum has been in the political space since 2012.

Dr. Nduom has since the party was founded been the party’s flagbearer.

In 2012, the Progressive Peoples Party (PPP) polled 64, 267 votes which represented 0.58% of the votes cast on the day. However, his votes increased in 2016 when he polled 113, 240 which represented 1.07% of the total votes cast.

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We shot to disable him, not to kill him’ – Police explain

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We shot to disable him, not to kill him’ – Police explain

The Kasoa District Police Commander has confirmed the shooting of a Nigerian, known as Precious at Gomoa Buduburam in the Central Region.

Superintendent Samuel Odame in an interview with joy news Saturday said the shot was fired in an attempt to defend the patrol team on the ground from the victim.

Narrating the incident, he said the police received intelligence that a man in the procession of a cutlass had ran amok and was threatening to slash anyone who came his way.

Therefore, a patrol team was dispatched to engage him.

However, upon the encounter, Precious, now deceased pursued the officers and in their defence shot the man who subsequently died of the gunshot wound.

 

“The victim attacked my men with a machete. When the police officers got there, they wanted to talk to him to calm down but the Corporal who made that attempt was chased by the victim so my men had to run [for their lives].

“But the thing is, the shot was fired to disable him, it is just unfortunate that he passed on later. But the attempt was not to kill him, the attempt was to disable him,” he stressed.

Supt Odame however, refused to disclose where the bullet hit, explaining that, it could jeopardize the post mortem examination.

Despite the police’s explanation, the news of Precious’ death has caused an immense tension as an angry mob besieged the Gomoa Buduburam Police Station on Saturday morning.

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According to Adom News’ Seth Ankomah Adjei, the Nigerian community is seeking answers as they do not understand why the man was shot to death.

 

They further accused the police of shooting Precious on purpose.

But, Kasoa Divisional Police Commander dispelled the allegation noting that such information is false.

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Nigel Gaisie curses cyberbullies for vile comments on election prophecies

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Nigel Gaisie curses cyberbullies for vile comments on election prophecies

Prophet Nigel Gaisie has issued stern warnings to Cyberbullies who insult him in the comment section of his posts on his social media platforms.

According to him, people who insult him under his posts on the various political predictions will face the wrath of his God.

Nigel Gaisie indicated that the pain he has faced since taking up the mantle of serving God will be visited on such people because they have their personal timeline to express their personal sentiments.

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Mr. Gaisie said “.In the past five years, humbly none of my inspired Prophecies from God has FAILED!
Alas, in my vision this dawn thus I saw again one of the parties in GHANA secure 42% and it was a major SHOCK TO ALL!

 

I saw POLLS CLOSE VERY EARLY ON 7th December
REMEMBER I HAVE BEEN VERY CONSISTENT BECAUSE I HEAR THE VOICE OF GOD CLEARLY AND I KNOW THIS WON’T FAIL ! Elections2020

MAY MY COVENANT WITH GOD AND MY PAINS IN MINISTRY SPEAK AGAINST YOU CONTINUOUSLY, IF YOU COME AND ABUSE ME ON MY PAGE; If you have any resentment, it should be on your timeline not mine!!!!”

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National Peace Council must be dissolved – Sam George

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National Peace Council must be dissolved – Sam George

Ningo Prampram MP Sam George has accused the National Peace Council of being “one of the biggest threats to the peace and stability of the country’s democracy.”

According to him, the Council must be dissolved because of its constant display of “hypocrisy” towards political parties in the country on matters of violence arising from the ongoing voter registration exercise.

“The point has to be made here that an attempt to want to generalize the political temperature rising in the country and say both political parties are involved will be a disingenuous attempt by any group,” he told Samson Lardy Anyenini Saturday on Newsfile.

His comments come after the Peace Council urged calm amidst brutalities arising from the ongoing voter registration exercise.

Chairman of the Council, Prof Emmanuel Asante in a statement said the incidents were prevalent among the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).

He highlighted happenings in the Ejura-Sekyere-Odumase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, Kasoa in the Central Region, Asutifi South, and Tano South Constituencies in the Ahafo Region, as some hotspots.

But Mr George said the Council is being hypocritical if it blames the issues on both parties, especially on the NDC.

I hold a personal view that the national peace council should be disbanded because they are the biggest threat to the peace and stability of our democracy. Reason being the hypocritical stance of that organization. They always seek to make equivalence the basis of their statements.

 

“This is what has raised the temperature. First and foremost, the MP for Ejura-Sekyedumase Bawa Braimah was attacked by NPP hoodlums and he was nearly crippled.

“The National Peace Council did not find it right to criticize the NPP on that. They waited and held their cool till the murder of an innocent Ghanaian citizen in Banda,” he said.

Sam George, therefore, said the Council must be dissolved if it will continue to act unfairly, taking sides instead of playing the middle man.

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I turn into fish & visit my family in the sea at night – Ghanaian singer confesses (Video)

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I turn into fish & visit my family in the sea at night – Ghanaian singer confesses (Video)

A Ghanaian songstress, Nyevile Born aka Star, has narrated how she was given to the sea god as a gift when she was born and how she still visits her other family at the sea at night.

According to Born Star, her mother had difficulties in giving birth so a traditional priest offered assistance and in return, she was to be devoted to the sea at birth.

The young lady claims that she was given to the sea at birth by both her mother and the priestess. She was swept away by the sea for four days.

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Upon return, she had the power to transform into a fish and visit her family at the sea each night.

 

Because of that, you do not on the light at night when she is sleeping at night or risk endangering yourself.

All her family and friends know this so they do not break the rule.

 

Nyevile spoke with Arnold Elavanyo on Vibes in 5.

Watch the video below:

 

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Prof. Gyampo makes interesting points on Supreme Court ruling on birth certificates

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Prof. Gyampo makes interesting points on Supreme Court ruling on birth certificates

Renowned Political Scientist at the University of Ghana, Prof Ransford Gyampo, has said that the Supreme Court ruling that birth certificate is not a form of identification was large as a result of the flaws of the birth certificate as a form of identification.

According to him, anyone can procure a birth certificate and the fact that it lacks biometric features, makes the document less authentic in serving as a means of identification.

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Also, the information it contains may not necessarily be traceable to the holder of the certificate. Again, the fact that the Births and Death Registry isn’t an autonomous agency, but operates in the shadows of the district assemblies, makes its processes quite politicised and manipulable.

But can we completely abandon a fundamental document that certifies birth? If it cannot serve as a form of identification, at birth, then what value do we place on it?” he posted on his Facebook page.

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Ghana’s Supreme Court has unanimously held that birth certificate is not a form of identification. The court explains that the document does not establish “the identity of the bearer”.

This is contained in the court’s judgment in the case filed by private citizen Mark Takyi Banson which court delivered judgment on June 25 together with the case filed by the opposition National Democratic Congress.

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Airbus scandal: Interpol arrest warrant “red herring, plot to embarrass Mahama” – Segbefia

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Airbus scandal: Interpol arrest warrant “red herring, plot to embarrass Mahama” – Segbefia

Former Health Minister Alex Segbefia has said a recent Interpol Red Alert on Mr Samuel Adam Mahama (Samuel Adam Fosters) in relation to the Airbus bribery scandal, is a calculated plot by the Akufo-Addo government to embarrass the suspect’s brother, former President John Mahama, who is the flag bearer of the biggest opposition party, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 7 December 2020 polls.

“This so-called arrest warrant is a red herring”, Mr Segbefia said in a statement, adding: “It is an extension of their game plan to embarrass President John Mahama because of the impending elections”.

The former President’s brother has been accused of allegedly accepting a bribe to influence a public officer and acting in connivance with a public officer for the public officer’s private gain.

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Interpol said Mr Mahama is liable to a term of imprisonment not exceeding 25 years for the offence.

The arrest warrant, which was issued on 10 July 2020, said once Mr Adam Mahama is traced, “assurances are given that extradition will be sought upon the arrest of the person, in conformity with national laws and/or the applicable bilateral and multilateral treaties.”

On January 31, Ghana was cited as one of five countries in which global aerospace group, Airbus SE, allegedly bribed or promised payments to senior officials in exchange for business favours between 2009 and 2015, according to the UK’s Serious Fraud Office.

This led to a record £3 billion in settlement by Airbus with France, the United Kingdom and the United States to avoid corporate criminal charges.

Mr Segbefia, however, said: “A Red Notice is usually issued against a criminal fugitive on the run who seeks actively to evade justice”.

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“It is a notice published by Interpol to law enforcement agents across the world requesting them to locate and provisionally arrest a person pending his extradition”.

“When it is published, it is not Interpol seeking the location and arrest of the person, but rather the country that requests the publication”, he noted, adding: “Procedurally, Interpol would publish a Red Notice at the request of a member country provided the request meets the constitutional requirements of Interpol”.

“A Red Notice is, however, a voluntary system”, he asserted, pointing out that: “A state is, therefore, not obliged to make an arrest based on its publication, and can decide to ignore it”.

“This is because it is not an arrest warrant, and countries can themselves determine what weight to give such notice”.

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“What is unusual about this particular Red Notice”, he observed, “is that the Ghana government knows where Samuel Mahama lives in the UK up to his exact residential address”.

“One needs to bear in mind that all the hullabaloo about Airbus emanated from the UK courts, who have dealt with it and settled it. And yet, even though he and the other persons named in the Red Notice are British nationals, the UK government has not thought it fit to prefer any charges against them”, mentioned.

The ex-president’s brother, Mr Segbefia insisted, “is not considered a flight risk, so, no restrictions have been imposed on him and he has not been asked to hand over his passport”.

“Why would the UK government, based on the same facts as are narrated in the Red Notice, arrest him for Ghana government?” he wondered.

“Besides, Ghana has an extradition treaty with the UK. It also has a Mutual Legal Assistance Agreement with the UK”, so, “Why publish Red Notice when the Ghana Government can formally ask for his extradition through regular channels?”

Mr Segbefia said the Special Prosecutor “must be aware that it is forlorn hope that the UK government would extradite the three named persons”.

“It is interesting”, he noted, “how recently, the scurrilous story found its way onto the front pages of the controversial Sun newspaper in the UK”.

“Individuals behind that publication are suspected to be closely tied to the family of Akufo-Addo”, he alleged.

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Fact-Checker: Buaben Asamoa’s PISA test claim against Jane Naana false

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Fact-Checker: Buaben Asamoa’s PISA test claim against Jane Naana false

Did Ghana rank last in the PISA 2013 test?

 CLAIM: Ghana ranked last in PISA 2013 test and education minister Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman took the country out of the competition.

VERDICT: Ghana has never been ranked in PISA since the program started. PISA is triennial and is released every three years since the first one in 2000. There was no PISA test for 2013 and therefore Ghana could not have ranked last in a report that did not exist.  This claim by the communications director of the NPP Yaw Buaben Asamoa is an outright lie and is therefore rated two stars.

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On Monday, July 6 2020, the National Executive Committee of the largest opposition, the NDC unanimously approved Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman as the running mate for NDC flagbearer John Dramani Mahama for the 2020 presidential election.

On that same day, hours after the official announcement, communications director of the governing NPP Yaw Buaben Asamoa addressed a press conference at the NPP campaign office at Kokomlemle where he put out the party’s reaction to the selection of the NDC running mate. Among the comments he made, Mr Buaben Asamoa claimed that when Ghana was ranked last in the PISA in 2013, then Education Minister Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman run away from the competition.

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“In 2013 when Ghana was ranked last in PISA, she runs away from the competition where Ghana could have taken the opportunity to roll out robust reforms in dealing with our educational challenges as a nation, yet she preferred not to be ranked at all”- Yaw Buaben Asamoa, of the NPP said

CUE: BUABEN-PISA CLAIM (15secs)

 ABOUT PISA

PISA is a program for the assessment of students developed by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). PISA is an acronym that stands for “Programme for International Student Assessment”. According to OECD, PISA measures 15-year-olds’ ability to use their reading, mathematics and science knowledge and skills to meet real-life challenges. (https://www.oecd.org/pisa/).

PISA is not only the world’s most comprehensive and reliable indicator of students’ capabilities, it is also a powerful tool that countries and economies can use to fine-tune their education policies…to share evidence of the best policies and practices, and to offer timely and targeted support to help countries provide the best education possible (Angel Gurría, OECD Secretary-General in PISA 2018; Insights and interpretations).

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Countries volunteer to participate in PISA and once the PISA board approves the country, individual schools are chosen based on stringent criteria to represent all 15-year-old students in that country. The students are randomly chosen from among all 15-year-olds enrolled in grade 7 or higher.

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VERIFICATION:

A thorough website search done by Starrfmfactchecker on the https://www.oecd.org/pisa/ showed that Ghana is not listed as one of the over 90 countries and economies that have participated in PISA tests since the year 2000. Below is the image of full list of countries and economies that have participated in PISA

Source: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/aboutpisa/pisa-participants.htm

On the official website, the OECD states that PISA is a triennial test that is taken once every three years. The program began in 2000 and every 3 years since, results have been announced. This means that since the year 2000, there have been seven PISA tests taken in 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2018. The image below shows evidence of the years when the tests were done

Source: https://www.oecd.org/pisa/publications/

From this, it is clear that there could not have been any PISA test for 2013. Ghana could therefore not have been ranked in the first place, let alone be ranked last in a test that was never conducted.

In verifying, Starrfmfactchecker did a Google search to identify which online portals published the news item about the claim in question. The search yielded no result pertaining to Ghana ranking last in PISA 2013 test. None of the state publications and websites of the mainstream media in the country published a story to that effect. There is no documented evidence that points to the claim that Ghana ranked last in PISA 2013.

However, the Google search produced results of publications relating to another ranking done by the OECD. The Global School Ranking, touted as the biggest ever of such rankings, was released in May 2015 and was based on test scores in 76 countries.

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It showed the link between education and economic growth. OECD’s education director, Andreas Schleicher is quoted to have said while commenting on the report in 2015 that the ranking was the “first time we have a truly global scale of the quality of education” and that the idea is to “give more countries, rich and poor, access to comparing themselves against the world’s education leaders, to discover their relative strengths and weaknesses, and to see what the long-term economic gains from improved quality in schooling could be for them” (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32608772).

Asia’s Singapore came tops in the ranking while Ghana ranked last in the 76th position.

Source: https://www.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/Ghana-comes-last-in-biggest-global-school-rankings-357995

In spite of the fact that the Global School Ranking was done by the OECD, the analysis provided a much wider global map of education standards than the PISA tests, which focus on more affluent industrialized countries.

According to the BBC, the rankings “were based on an amalgamation of international assessments, including the OECD’s Pisa tests, the TIMSS tests run by US-based academics and TERCE tests in Latin America” (https://www.bbc.com/news/business-32608772)

Then Education Minister Prof. Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman reacted to the ranking by saying that the data used to determine Ghana’s rank in the Global School Ranking were from the 2011 Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS), noting that the ranking raised “ a number of concerns”. (https://www.ghanabusinessnews.com/2015/06/17/ghanas-maths-and-science-ranking-based-on-2011-data-prof-opoku-agyemang/

 CONCLUSION:

The claim by Communications Director of the governing NPP Yaw Buaben Asamoa that Ghana ranked last in PISA 2013 is not true. It is an outright lie because there was no PISA test done that year and according to the OECD website, Ghana has not participated in any PISA test since its inception.

The country is not included in the full list of countries and economies have been involved in the PISA.  Indeed Ghana came last in a ranking done by the OECD, that ranking was the Global School Ranking and was done in 2015 and not 2013. The data for that ranking was not taken from PISA tests but rather Ghana’s 2011 results in the TIMSS study. This claim is rated two-stars because it is completely false

Rating: Outright falsehood

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