General News of Monday, 20 January 2020Source: Nana Osei, ContributorNew Biometric Voter System will save Ghana GHS173,077,650.00 - ECJean Mensah, Chairperson of the ECFull-fledged investigations have found evidence that the Electoral Commission could save the country millions of Ghana Cedis if the new biometric Voter Management System is implemented compared to upgrading the existing system. It explained that the total cost of maintaining the old Biometric System is $74, 364, 500 while the total cost for new BVMS system is estimated at $56,000,000. These include Biometric Voter Registration Kits (BVR) kits and the Biometric Verification Devices (BVD). Giving further breakdown of the cost of the entire process, it said the total cost of using the old BVR system for the 2020 election is $38, 692,500.00. It total therefore the EC seeks to save the Ghanaian tax payer a combine total of GHS 173,077,650.00 (30,364,500.00).

Source: GhanaWeb January 20, 2020 05:37 UTC