Biometric Issues & Challenges

Unicredit Opens 8th Branch In Kumasi

Monday, October 08, 2012 uniCredit Ghana Limited says developments in the countrys financial sector has created both challenges and opportunities in its quest to remain competitive.The savings and loans company is therefore exploring ways to broaden its based and enhance prospects for sustained growth and improve its m ...

Human Rights Advocacy Centre releases report into Biometric Prisoner Registrations

Tuesday, July 24, 2012 19 July 2012 - Today HRAC releases their report into the biometric registration of prisoners which took place on the 30th of May 2012. The biometric registration of the prisoners will allow them to vote in the upcoming elections in December, which is a right guaranteed them in the 1992 Ghanaian Cons ...

THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION MUST BE BLAMED FOR ACTS OF ELECTORAL VIOLENCE IN DECEMBER 2012 GENERAL ELECTIONS IN GHANA

Wednesday, July 11, 2012 Elections are integral part of all democratic dispensations. Many countries work hard to get their electoral processes right and running. For this reason the conduct of free and fair elections cannot be compromised in the democratic forward match of Ghana. An election is said to be free and fair if ...

A Ghanaian Challenges, and bares the Incompetence of, the Electoral Commission on the Biometric Registration Exercise

Saturday, May 19, 2012 Time has of late become so limited and too precious for me to be writing articles of any sort. I had decided to deal with certain personal vital issues before furthering my interests in sharing views with fellow Ghanaians on issues of national concern. However, a news item published on Ghanaweb und ...

CODEO releases provisional report on Biometric Voter Registration exercise

Friday, May 18, 2012 Accra, May 17, GNA - The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers CODEO on Thursday released a provisional observation report on the maiden biometric voter registration exercise and commended the Electoral Commission EC for a good work done. Based on the more than 6,188 processed observat ...

Please help me, help me!

Wednesday, May 16, 2012 As often shouts out by my granddaughter of three whenever she needs assistance of some sort, please help me, help me, granddad/grandma/Gloria help me She says this whenever she doesnt want to eat but finds herself being obliged to eat to ensure she sleeps well at night without waking up intermitt ...

The Biometric Voter's Registration Exposes the Dishonesty, Incompetence and Corruptibility of the Electoral Commission - Part 1

Wednesday, April 25, 2012 To start with, the Electoral Commissioner, Dr. Afari Gyan, is not up to the challenges presented by the biometric voters registration exercise. He and his team are exhibiting complete ignorance and lack of technological knowhow, which are vividly evident by the unfolding problems associated with th ...

Commentary: Biometric Challenges

Monday, April 16, 2012 The accusations and counter accusations on the ongoing biometric registration exercise continue to create unnecessary tension in the country.The reported incidents of intimidation, harassment and violent clashes at some biometric voter registration centres across the country also leave much to b ...
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Overcoming The Biometric Challenges

Tuesday, March 27, 2012 The biometric registration exercise is into its fourth day, and expectedly, challenges have been encountered in many of the centres. Given the novelty of the exercise, the unfolding challenges observed at the various processing centres are not wholly amazing. Yesterday, the media was awash w ...

Use legitimate means to seek redress on Biometric Voter Registration

Friday, March 23, 2012 Accra, March 23, GNA The Greater Accra Regional Inter-Party Dialogue Committee GARIPDC on Friday called on political parties to use legitimate means to challenge any doubt about the eligibility of potential electorates during the Biometric Voter Registration exercise scheduled from Saturday, Mar ...

Residential Addresses Biggest Challenge To Biometric Registration

Tuesday, March 06, 2012 The inability of some qualified voters to provide their residential addresses was a major challenge in the just-ended pilot biometric registration exercise, the Electoral Commission EC has said.It has, therefore, set in motion a strategy to ensure that all the major challenges and other minor ...

The System Called Biometric

Monday, December 05, 2011 Before I walked into the conference room of The Institute of Economic Affairs IEA that afternoon, I knew very little about the biometric system and its implications for Ghanas 2012 elections. And though I learnt a lot that day, I am still not one of the self-proclaimed experts of the biometric vo ...