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On Friday September 10, 2021, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was on an official working visit to the Volta and Oti regions
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According to information gathered, the president was unable to commission a newly constructed truck fleet and storm water drainage for the Anfoega community in North Dayi district due to heavy rains.
On Saturday, September 11, 2021, a man who identified himself as Strongman, who was clearly affiliated with the opposition NDC, recorded a video of himself commenting on some projects he claimed to have commissioned by the president.
Source: UGC
The video that ended up on social media showed Strongman next to an electrical transformer, claiming that the president had just visited the Anfoega community in the Volta region just to commission a transformer.
Strongman’s video alleging the president traveled to Anfoega to do so has been proven to be nothing but error and clear misinformation.
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Fact-Check Ghana said they spoke to a number of people in the region, including Aveme Electoral Region Assembly member Albert Atta Avor, who said the president, after having met the chiefs and elders of the community, could not go to the grounds to commission the due to the downpour.
To foil Strongman’s claims, a plaque, which was to be unveiled during commissioning, was spotted where he stood to record his video.
Source: UGC
Meanwhile, said Strongman transformer that would have been the one commissioned by the president would not be new and existed long before the construction of the new Lorry Park.
Several reports filed by YEN.com.gh of the various projects the president commissioned on his various works visited around the country clearly did not capture such activity at Anforga in the North Dayi district as Strongman claimed.
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Based on these facts, it is fair to say that President Akufo-Addo never ordered an ECG transformer from Anfoega in the Volta region.
Akufo-Addo promises to build bridge over Oti River
In a related development, Akufo-Addo said that before his term ends, he will build a bridge over the Oti River.
According to him, the construction of a bridge over the Oti River remains a priority project among the projects his government would undertake before leaving office in 2024.
Akufo-Addo made this known by speaking with the chiefs and residents of Dambai, Krachi and Nchumuru regions during his working visit to the region.
Source: yen
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