In Ghana’s quest to maintain peace and unity before, during, and after the December 7, general elections, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has called on Ghanaians to do away with misinformation and disinformation.
According to the President, to ensure the country continues enjoying her peace while upholding its national unity and harmony, citizens must be vigilant against sharing fake news in the run-up to the December polls.
“We are in an election year and in election years, there is a tendency for self-seeking people to exploit our differences of religion and ethnicity to foment division to promote narrow and parochial sectarian and political agendas.
“In an age of information and new media, which also offers people a wide degree of anonymity, we should be careful about the spread of misinformation and disinformation, especially when such misinformation and disinformation destroy the hard-earned reputation of people,” he stated.
President Akufo-Addo in his address during the year’s Eid celebrations held at the Black Star Square in Accra on Thursday, April 11, 2024, gave the cautioning statement.
He added “Oh you who believe, when an evil person comes to you with news, verify it, lest you have people in ignorance and afterwards, becomes regretful of what you have done,” the President said as quoted from the Quran chapter 49 verse 6.
