The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied claims by the Minority Leader, Haruna Iddrisu that the Election Management Body has taken delivery of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) released to the commission by government.
In a statement by the EC said “it finds it troubling that the leader of the Minority in Parliament will put out information of this nature without substantiating its authenticity.”
This comes after Mr Iddrisu questioned the priorities of the government and the EC amid the coronavirus pandemic because of the allocation of Personal Protection Equipment (PPE).
“It is absolutely troubling and shocking that in the face of such a pandemic, our Government chooses to supply PPEs to officials of the Electoral Commission when doctors, nurses and other frontline health care workers are crying for PPEs.
But the EC in its statement however clarified that it had not received PPE from the government.
“The Commission has not stated anywhere that it has received Personal and Protective Equipment (PPE) from the government as stated by the Minority Leader during the press conference. For the avoidance of doubt, the Commission has not received any protective equipment from the government.”
