It has emerged that former Chairperson for the Electoral Commission (EC), Madam Charlotte Osei, signed an agreement to purchase new biometric machines to replace the current (old) ones.
Executive Secretary of Mass Action Committee, a Civil Society Organisation, Atik Mohammed, has made this claim, and further disclosed that the procurement agreement with Superlock Technology Ltd (STL) was signed on June 28, 2018.
According to him, per his investigations, that would have cost the nation some $18 million dollars more than the amount the current EC boss, Madam Jean Mensa intends to use to purchase new machines for the 2020 election.
“. . . like I said, it is not only this EC boss that wanted to buy new machines. In fact, Madam Charlotte Osei on the 28th June 2018 signed procurement agreement with STL to purchase new machines but the cost of those machines under Madam Charlotte Osei as compared to those that the current EC boss wants to procure, Ghana is making savings to the tune of over $18 million,” he argued.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Atik Mohammed indicated that all the political parties including those resisting the compilation of a new voters’ register are well aware that the current machines are outmoded to the point where they cannot support new software update.
“The only option is to do undertake a new registration exercise so that when new machines are purchased, our generated registration template can be read by the new machines; the data can be stored in a format that is compatible or readable by the new machines we are going to purchase,” he explained.
“If we all do agree that our current biometric machines have issues and that we cannot migrate the data easily because it is not possible unless we get a data which can be stored in a format which can be read and the only way to do that is a new registration and the cost is reasonable, why this political stampede over each other?” he quizzed.
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Did you shitt in your pants this morning. You are ***barred word*** too bad, go and have some bath.
My friend allow Charlotte Osei to have her peace of mind. Your NPP party has sacked her and replaced her with Madam Pancake so if you have any problem deal with your counterfeit pancake woman. In any case how much have you been paid by the NPP and the EC that all of a sudden you have become their spokesperson. Allah will punish you dread.
This Pre-School kid is intelligent and more informed than the Gen. Secretary of the opposition party, NDC. Then, the Gen. Secretary of the NDC speaks to political issues as if he is a comedian, using satire to cover up his weakness, and inability to argue constructively. Atik is a brilliant young man, very intelligent and I doubt the NDC as a big opposition party could at least boast of one Atik in their midst as a party colleague.
This Pre-School kids mentality must stop period. You cannot always have what you want all the time. What is so scurry about this new Voters register? Getting fedup with this N.O.Nsen.se.
WE SAW IT, WE LOVED IT, WE CHOSE IT AND WE ARE HAPPY WITH IT.
Procuring new biometric machines does not mean compiling a new register.
A big liar,npp struggling to make their evil agenda real,but is not going to work.Aluta Aluta No new register period