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Ghana\u2019s international donor partners have expressed concerns with the GHc1.2 billion approved by Parliament to conduct the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n

This was revealed by the Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO).<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”b7rYbBtq66VXcIrB51vpJ3zTC2nUgeaX”]The Electoral Commission presented a budget of GHc1.7 billion for next year\u2019s general election but GHc1.2 billion was approved by Parliament.<\/p>\n

The Finance Ministry has agreed to provide\u00a0Ghc800 million.<\/p>\n

Speaking in an interview with Citi News<\/strong>, the National Coordinator of CODEO, Albert Arhin said, if the international donor community had their way, they would ask for further review.<\/p>\n

According to Mr Arhin, \u201cthe donor community is not too happy with the funding, the way our elections cost.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIf they had their way, they would have appealed to people to look at it seriously so that we could have cut down on this kind of thing,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n

Mr. Arhin further\u00a0compared Ghana\u2019s expenditure per person during elections to Nigeria which spent less per individual during their general elections.<\/p>\n

He believes Ghana is\u00a0spending too much and urged the EC to emulate other African countries.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn election in Nigeria is costing maybe $32 person and then Ghana is doing it\u2019s own at $40 or $50… People are complaining that our elections cost too much so we need to sit up and align it with what is operating in other countries.\u201d<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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