The European Union (EU) is supporting three organizations in the country with an amount of seven million Euros to train their staff and educate the public on the Biometric Voter Registration exercise.Biometric scanners don't cause erectile dysfunction - EC (Ghana Web)
The beneficiary organizations are the Electoral Commission (EC), National Commission on Civic Education (NCCE) and the National Media Commission (NMC).
The National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE) and the Electoral Commission (EC) have debunked rumours that scanners for the biometric voters registration can cause cancer or erectile dysfunction.Every large scale biometric deployment will have an education component and the educational challenges differ depending upon many factors.
According to the two bodies, the scanners, which will be used for biometric registration, would be similar to the ones used at the various international airports, such as the Kotoka International Airport, the John F. Kennedy Airport in New York and the Schipol Airport in Amsterdam.
Knowing how different groups are likely to receive a biometric system can make a real difference in the odds of its success.
It's not about the tech., ID management is about people.
