We didn’t violate any law in auctioning BVDs – EC insists

Despite the Electoral Commission’s clarification that the BVDs were outdated and lawfully auctioned, Franklin Cudjoe, President of IMANI Africa, argues that such actions constitute a misappropriation of state resources and necessitate an investigation.

In a Face to Face interview on Citi TV, Dr Quaicoe said they received permission from the finance ministry to auction their obsolete equipment, including the BVDs, adding that they acted within the law.

He detailed that the auction was properly advertised in the Daily Graphic and that the recycling company at Madina, which was one of six auctioneers, was selected after an interview process.

“I want to put on record that the BVDs and BVRs were those which were used before 2020, we acquired new ones.

They were still occupying space, so the Commission wrote to the district valuer, STC, they did the evaluation of all the materials, and we have documentation to that effect.

And a little recycling company bought them located at Oyarifa, they have EPA approval to do all those things

He added that the commission is not worried about the brouhaha surrounding the auctioneering because they have not committed any offence.