General News of Wednesday, 22 May 2019Source: Myjoyonline.comGhanaian voters' biometric data completely controlled by foreigners – EC lamentsJean MensaTo begin with, the Commission is worried that its IT staff do not have administrative rights to passwords to access the biometric database gathered through Biometric Voter Registration (BVR) equipment. Mrs. Jean Mensa said she was told by STL, they found the Ghanaian staff “untrainable”. Jean Mensa said the EC was prepared to dole out $200,000 to the IT department to run this clean-up exercise. This is why, the Chairperson explained, is unable to set up registration centers widely across districts for the 2019 voter registration exercise. “Why do you go on with such a system that is not user-friendly, that is costly” Jean Mensa quizzed.

Source: GhanaWeb May 21, 2019 20:26 UTC