General News of Monday, 20 January 2020Source: Graphic.com.ghNew voters register to save country over GH¢173m - ECJean Mensa, EC ChairProcuring a new biometric voter management system (BVMS) and compiling a new voters register will save the country GH¢173.07 million, compared to upgrading the current system, the Electoral Commission (EC) has stated. “This includes biometric voters registration (BVR) kits and biometric verification devices (BVDs),” he explained. He said the EC would require an additional 6,500 kits at a unit cost of $5,145. Since announcing its decision to acquire a new BVMS and compile a new voters register, the EC has received the support of 13 political parties, led by the New Patriotic Party (NPP), while the Inter-Party Resistance Against the New Voters Register (IPRAN), which includes the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has kicked against the acquisition and the compilation. Last Thursday, a coalition of civil society organisations (CSOs), in a statement, opposed the decision of the EC to compile a new voters register for the 2020 general election.

Source: GhanaWeb January 20, 2020 08:15 UTC