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Claim: A Facebook user, Fuseini Lamin, shared a video showing a man peeling asphalt off what appears to be a newly constructed road, claiming it is linked to the President John Dramani Mahama Big Push programme.
Verdict: False. DUBAWA’s investigation found that the video was not filmed in Ghana and does not show a road constructed under President Mahama’s Big Push programme. Reverse-image searches of keyframes traced the footage to Biloli taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, India, where local media reported a road-quality protest in July 2025.
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A Facebook user, @Fuseini Lamin, has shared a video showing a man peeling asphalt off what appears to be a newly constructed road, claiming it was filmed in Ghana while linking it to President John Dramani Mahama’s flagship road programme.
The video was captioned “Mahama’s Big Push Project” and accompanied by the claim that “Everything under John Dramani Mahama is a scam.”
The Big Push is President Mahama’s flagship road programme. Mahama has said it will run in phases, with Phase One underway, Phase Two being scoped and Phase Three to follow.
This follows repeated complaints from motorists in Ghana about poor road infrastructure.
Facebook data showed that as of Oct. 27, 2026, Fuseini Lamin’s post has generated over 1,000 likes, 1,300 comments and 360 shares.
Some social media users reacted to the claim.
DUBAWA probed the claim due to the post’s engagement on social media.
Verification
DUBAWA’s investigations revealed that the video was not filmed in Ghana and does not show a road constructed under President Mahama’s Big Push programme, as alleged.
Reverse-image searches of keyframes using the verification tool, InVID, traced the footage to Biloli taluka, Nanded district, Maharashtra, India.
The purported Ghanaian video, featured in a YouTube post by an Indian channel, Deep_ms, formed part of a broader campaign by Indians to highlight the conditions of the Asian country’s road network.
The creator in the clip mentioned the word “Bhai,” a common Hindi and Indic term for “brother,” suggesting a South Asian audience. The clip matches the one the Facebook user shared.
Multiple reports of Indians complaining about road quality online include this and this.
Conclusion
The claim that this video shows a Big Push road in Ghana is false. The footage traces to a road-quality protest in India, reported from Nanded, Maharashtra, in July 2025.