General News of Friday, 17 January 2020Source: ghananewsagency.orgEC awards data centre contract to Persol Systems LimitedSamuel Tettey, a Deputy Chairperson in charge of Operation at the ECElectoral Commission (EC) on Thursday announced that it has awarded the contract for the construction of the new Production and Disaster Recovery Data Centre to Persol Systems Limited and began processes for construction. He said based on the assessment conducted by two independent biometric consultants on the current biometric system, it concluded that, the current biometric system was obsolete and risky to rely upon for the general elections in view of the 47 per cent failure rate. Reacting to some misconceptions being peddled by critics of the new biometric voter register, Mr Tettey said it was not the first time a new voter register was being compiled in an election year, and cited the year 2004, when a new voter register was compiled before the elections. Some participants lauded the EC for providing a platform for them to express their views and concerns and urged all stakeholders to support the Commission to compile a new voter register. Others called for more public sensitization to explain the rationale for a new voter register.

Source: GhanaWeb January 17, 2020 00:22 UTC