EC Presentation 30012020 PDF
EC Presentation 30012020 PDF
EC Presentation 30012020 PDF
The hardware
System is a closed Hardware is difficult
equipment is obsolete,
proprietary system that and expensive to
& no longer supported
cannot be upgraded maintain
by manufacturer
Mechanisms in place to
An open system based System allow for
System is hardware remove dead people
on standard and open continuous registration
agnostic and clean-up the
technology of voters
register
Data security to
Allows use of facial
Built-in IT business preventing
recognition as an
continuity and disaster manipulation from
additional verification
recovery external and internal
modality
sources
Cost implications
BVD Cost Comparison
Old System Upgrade New Acquisition
No of BVD Units Used 68,000 Number of BVR Required 80,000
Those in good condition 56,000 Unit cost of new BVD (USD) $400
Unit Cost of Refurbishment $ 244
Total Cost of Refurbishment $13,664,000
Total cost of BVDs for 2020 Election $35,672,000 Total Cost of new BVD $32,000,000
BVR Kits Cost Comparison
Old System Upgrade New Acquisition
No of BVR Kits used in 2016 5,500 Number of BVR Kits required 8,000
No of BVR Kits that can be refurbished 1,500 Unit Cost of BVR Kits (USD) $3,000
Total for BVR for 2020 Election $38,692,500 Total Cost of new BVR Kits $24,000,000
BRV & BVD Cost Savings
Data processing, splitting of polling stations, & extraction of data for BVD Jul 1 - Jul 15
2020 Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2020
Frequently Asked Questions
(FAQ)
Why not simply upgrade the old system?
This is why it is a requirement of the EC that the raw images of the captured biometrics
are kept in ISO standard WSQ format and JPEG 2000 before templates are generated
Why build a datacentre? Why not use NITA?
The Commission appreciates the advantages of using government shared
hosting services.
However in this instance the hosting is not a viable option because of the
following
• There would be unnecessary suspicion of government control if the EC kept its application
servers in the government manage cloud/facility.
• EC is not certain of the provision of disaster recovery services
• Saving citizens data in the public cloud is not an option for the Commission
• Our biometric matching servers are processor intensive and do not lend itself for being
hosted in a virtualized environment
• We run process e.g. printing of the voters list that require industrial printers to be in close
proximity to the servers.
Thank you
Questions & Answers