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8th June: Africa Fact Check Round-Up

Here is today’s roundup of fact-checks across Africa:

Claim: Nigeria’s Ondo state governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu is dead

Verdict: FALSE

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Last year [the fuel subsidy] “gulped 4.3 trillion naira ($9.3 billion; £7.5 billion)

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: For the first half of this year, 3.36 trillion naira was budgeted for [the subsidy]

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “Inflation is running at its highest rate for nearly 18 years.”

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “Inflation is a record 22%.”

Verdict: INCORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “One in three are unemployed.”

Verdict: INCORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “Before Mr Buhari took over that [unemployment] figure was less than one in 10.”

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: The output of the vital oil industry is shrinking.

Verdict: MOSTLY CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Mr Buhari pleaded with lawmakers to hurriedly approve an $800m (£640m) loan from the World Bank.

Verdict: MISLEADING

Source: Africa Check

Claim: “96 million live below the poverty line of $1.90 per day.”

Verdict: INCORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Nigeria’s GDP per head was $2,065 for 2021 (compared to $70,248 for the US and $46,510 for the UK).

Verdict: MISLEADING

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Mr Tinubu’s use of technology to improve tax collection in Lagos [state] was remarkable, increasing revenue by more than 400% in eight years.

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Oil theft led to Nigeria’s production plunging to a 30-year low in 2022.

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: When Buhari took over public debt stood at a little over $60 billion.

Verdict: CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: Africa’s largest economy was using 96% of its revenue to service debts.

Verdict: MOSTLY CORRECT

Source: Africa Check

Claim: George Weah had won every other election in Grand Bassa County in the absence of Counselor Charles Brumskine (now deceased)

Verdict: MOSTLY FALSE

Source: Dubawa

Claim: Video in which some children are seen mistreating a sleeping elephant took place in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Verdict: MISLEADING

Source: Dubawa

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