Ghana’s election agency denies accusation that new biometric gear wasted public money

Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has struggled lately with multiple controversies, and another has emerged with claims of massive spending on procurement for biometric verification devices (BVDs) and biometric voter registration kits (BVRs).

The EC in a recent statement argues that it didn’t spend $150 million on purchasing BVDs and BVRs in 2020 as Bright Simons, a social entrepreneur and vice president of think tank IMANI, has been insinuating.

According to the statement, signed by the electoral agency’s Deputy Director …

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