Info News Ghana Blog of Monday, 24 July 2023
Source: Info News Ghana
In Ghana, it is no longer a rumour that the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is behind attempts to portray Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia as a liar.
This is due to the fact that a meticulous investigation by the African Academy for Open-Source Investigations (AAOSI) has uncovered how the NDC's National Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi, and some unscrupulous agents connected to the main opposition party orchestrated politically contrived tweets intended to discredit the Vice President.
As part of the AAOSI's efforts to combat misinformation and strengthen democracy in Africa, an investigation was conducted into the origin of the "#Bawuliar" hashtag that was used to fuel fake Twitter trends labelling Vice President Bawumia as a liar.
Vice President Mahamudu Bawumia is the focus of the NDC's slander campaign.
It also disclosed that the negative labelling of Bawumia as a liar was a deliberate tactic employed by the NDC to smear Vice President Bawumia's character and discredit him whenever he spoke on the economy or delivered a major speech.
"During the investigation, we observed an increase in #Bawuliar tweets in response to nearly every comment the Vice President made about the economy. "The purpose of this investigation is to determine whether the trend of #Bawuliar is organic or whether it is an attempt by political opponents to undermine the credibility of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia," the research findings stated.