Eight claims about Nigeria’s population, economy and history
Source: President Muhammadu Buhari, independence day speech (1 October 2020)
Five correct, two unproven and one misleading
Two claims about the state of education in Nigeria’s northern states.
Source: The World Bank (July 2020)
One incorrect, one unproven
Three claims about how revenue is shared between Nigeria’s three levels of government.
Source: Kenya’s former prime minister Raila Odinga (August 2020)
One correct, two incorrect
Four claims on the Nigerian government’s revenue and debt payments.
Source: Dr Obadiah Mailafia, former deputy governor of the Central Bank Of Nigeria (June 2020)
Two correct, one misleading, one incorrect
The standard for tax expenditures is about 2% of gross domestic product.
Source: Ukur Yatani, Kenya’s cabinet secretary for the treasury (June 2020)
Experts said there was no “standard” or even average for tax expenditures.
Out of every R1 paid in taxes, 58 cents goes towards paying the salaries of public servants
Source: Leon Schreiber, Democratic Alliance shadow minister for public service and administration (June 2020)
51.4% of total tax revenue goes to public servant salaries, or 51.4 cents out of every R1 in tax.
Six claims criticising the administration, following the announcement of the budget for the 2020/21 financial year.
Source: Musalia Mudavadi, party leader, Amani National Congress (11 June 2020 in an interview on KTN News)
One correct, one mostly correct, one misleading, three incorrect.
Eight claims about current government achievements.
Source: Nigerian president Muhammadu Buhari (12 June 2020)
A range of ratings from correct to misleading and unproven.
Four claims about Kenyan government achievements under Kenyatta.
Source: Kenyan president Uhuru Kenyatta (1 June 2020)
One mostly correct, one incorrect, two unproven.
Six claims about the Nigerian economy.
Source: Former Nigerian vice president Atiku Abubakar (8 April 2020)
Three correct or mostly correct, two incorrect, one unproven.