{"id":164337,"date":"2024-03-22T08:06:36","date_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/22\/return-outstanding-bvds-ec-to-regional-offices\/"},"modified":"2024-03-22T08:06:36","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T08:06:36","slug":"return-outstanding-bvds-ec-to-regional-offices","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/03\/22\/return-outstanding-bvds-ec-to-regional-offices\/","title":{"rendered":"Return outstanding BVDs &#8211; EC to regional offices"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed its regional offices to return all outstanding Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) to the head office.<\/p>\n<p>The regional offices include those in Greater Accra, Eastern, Western, Central, Upper East, Savannah, Northern, North East, Western North, and Volta.<\/p>\n<p>The EC, in a statement sighted by <strong>Citi News<\/strong> on Thursday, indicated that it directed Regional Directors to submit all BVDs used for the 2023 District Level Elections to the Head Office.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe attention of the Commission has been drawn to the shortages in the quantity of BVDs retrieved from the above-listed regions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Commission directs that the affected regions should arrange to return the outstanding BVDs to the Procurement Inventory and Management Unit at the Head Office,\u201d the EC stated.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ THE FULL STATEMENT BELOW<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1031102\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/IMG-20240321-WA0014-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"681\" height=\"1080\"  \/><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Electoral Commission (EC) has directed its regional offices to return all outstanding Biometric Verification Devices (BVDs) to the head office. 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