The Ghanaian Chronicle says information reaching it indicates that the Electoral Commission (EC) has revised downwards the cost of next week's presidential run-off from the initial cost of 15 billion cedis to 14 billion.

The initial amount was the estimated cost for the December 28 re-run of the presidential poll as announced by Dr Kwadwo Afari-Gyan, the electoral body's chairman.

The decision to change the figures nine clear days before the election was after consultations with the government, which has agreed to provide two billion cedis for the re-run.

Six donor communities, excluding the World Bank, provided a total of 12 billion cedis to the cost of the presidential election. Sources within the donor community said the United Nations Development Programme is co-ordinating the donor technical assistance to the EC.

Mr Henry Okine, Public Relations Officer of the EC, told the paper that his outfit was ready to conduct the election on December 28.