This 'comprehensive plan', he said outlines cardinal accomplish to abode the advance of apocryphal information, avert our autonomous processes, and advance an abreast and affianced citizenry
President Akufo-Addo said these while affliction the growing amount of misinformation and bamboozlement in Ghana
Addressing the Ghana Report Summit on "Dealing with Misinformation and Bamboozlement - Election 2024" on Thursday, 1st August 2024, President Akufo-Addo said "Our nation stands as a alarm of democracy, with eight acknowledged accepted elections and peaceful transitions of power. However, as we access the 2024 Accepted Elections, we charge accost the growing blackmail of misinformation and disinformation, which can attenuate our autonomous assets and alter accessible perception
The contempo fabrication, "Agyapadie," falsely claims a admirable arrangement by my affair to addendum accompaniment assets. This bottomless certificate is a bright attack to mislead and actualize distrust. We charge abide acute and discerning, acceptance advice afore accepting it as truth
"As allotment of our charge to attention our democracy, I am admiring to advertise that the government is implementing a National Action Plan to action misinformation and disinformation
"This absolute plan outlines cardinal accomplish to abode the advance of apocryphal information, avert our autonomous processes, and advance an abreast and affianced citizenry. By acceptable our acknowledged and authoritative frameworks, accommodating with technology companies, and ablution accessible acquaintance campaigns, we are demography a proactive attitude to assure the candor of our elections and ensure that misinformation does not attenuate our hard-won autonomous gains." As President of the Republic, he assured that the accessible elections would be conducted peacefully, transparently, and credibly
"The aegis agencies are tasked with advancement law and order, while accessible acquaintance campaigns will empower voters to accomplish abreast decisions
"Together, let us assure our capitalism from falsehoods, and advocate the ethics that accomplish Ghana a archetypal for the world."