All may be set for President Nana Akufo-Addo to launch the controversial $89 million Kelni-GVG contract by the National Communications Authority (NCA) today following the withdrawal of all the three suits challenging its implementation.
The contract became a subject of controversy among policy think-tank IMANI Africa, two other applicants, and the Ministry of Communications. IMANI had argued that the contract was needless and expensive.
The ministry however argues that it is meant for the design and implementation of a common platform for traffic monitoring, revenue assurance and mobile money monitoring.
But the applicants believe that the intended implementation of the common platform constitutes a real threat to the enjoyment of their fundamental human rights to privacy, adding that the implementation of the common platform and its attendant breach of the applicant’s right to privacy will be irreparable.
They also challenged the financial propriety of the contract which they claimed was too expensive and a drain on the national purse.
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