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  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, Mr. Michael Boadu Director for Training at the Commission explained, opened up for other companies to bid for the various components of procuring materials for the elections. 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. That made the Commission make total savings of GH¢523,409,980 or $90,243,100. The cost per voter in t...

  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, Mr. Michael Boadu Director for Training at the Commission explained, opened up for other companies to bid for the various components of procuring materials for the elections. 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. That made the Commission make total savings of GH¢523,409,980 or $90,243,100. The cost per voter in t...

File photo of voters registers The cost per voter in the just ended 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections amounted to about GH¢40.78 translating into seven (7) US-Dollars seven (7) cents. This is a drastic reduction from the previous cost of the exercise held in 2016, which was about GHS 70 translating into thirteen dollars. Mr Michael Boadu. Director for training at the EC who disclosed this said the Commission made a massive total savings of GH¢523,409,980 (million) or $90,243,100 (million). He noted that what led to the cost of reduction were stringent steps taken by the Commiss...

  The Electoral Commission (EC) has described the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections as the most successful, well-coordinated, efficient and seamless elections organised in the history of Ghana. It noted that the many systems deployed before, during and after the elections enabled the commission to deliver successful elections compared to previous ones. Speaking at a three-day high-level stakeholder post-election review workshop on the 2020 general election, the Director of Training at the Electoral Commission, Mr Michael Boadu said among the many measures put in place by the EC w...