Commissioner of the
Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei has revealed to parliament that the
general elections scheduled for 2016 would cost the nation about GH¢ 1.2
billion explaining the cost exclusively covers all 30,000 polling stations as
well as a possible run-off.
"We also
premised the budget on an exchange rate of 3.89 cedis to the dollar. The total
budget for the elections is GHC 1,470,000,000. if we include the administration
and other costs which are not directly election related, it gives us a budget
of 1.2 billion.
In the budget
ceilings we have announced by the Finance Ministry, we have a budget of 800
million for elections, the first round so this gives us a funding gap of 400
million Ghana cedis. I think we have a budget of about 350 million, so there is
another shortfall there. However the budget makes provision for all the reforms
which we have agreed with the political parties,"she revealed.
Meanwhile the
Electoral Commission is yet to officially decide on whether or not to go by a
new voters register following a national inter-party stakeholders meeting which
saw the various political parties and also civil society groups espouse various
stances on whether or not a new voter's register is needed.
Ghana
Source: AllAfrica
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