The Electoral Commission (EC) has explained that open-competitive tendering and best procurement processes led to a reduction in the cost per voter in the 2020 elections.
Those processes, it explained, opened up for other companies to bid for the various components of procuring materials for the 2020 elections.
It said with the exception of the printing of ballot papers and the procurement of indelible ink and biometric devices which had security implications, all other forms of procurement were done openly through the newspapers.
While it cost GH¢75.57 ($13) per voter in the 2016 elections, the EC spent GH¢44.66 ($7.7) per voter in last year’s elections.
Good procurement processes reduced 2020 elections cost — EC
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Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticised the European Union’s Election Observation Mission Report (EU EOM) of attempting to repair President Akufo-Addo’s tainted reputation.
Peter Boamah Otokunor said the report failed to capture the violent incidents recorded in parts of the country during the 2020 electioneering process.
He said the conclusions of the Observer Mission used defective tools in analysing polls and cannot represent the true reflection of the election.
“And that is why we are having this report which I think ostensibly is a report just crafted to clean the broken International image of President Akufo-Addo. I am making this conclusion based on the key issues that matter most to the people of this country, that we all saw, debated and discussed” he said on Wednesday.