Former National Youth organizer of the Peoples National Convention, (PNC) Abu Ramadan is set to return to the Supreme Court to seek clarity on its May 5 ruling on the deletion of names of persons who used
National Health Insurance Cards as proof of identity in the voters» register.
Meanwhile, the electoral commission has been ordered by the supreme court to provide the names of all voters who registered with
their national health insurance cards by July 29.
A total of 28, 120 people from seven regions who registered with
the National Health Insurance cards ahead of the 2012 elections would be submitted to the Supreme Court by the Electoral Commission today.
The Electoral Commission says names of persons who registered with
National Health Insurance cards will not be deleted from the electoral roll.
The court held that names of people who registered with
the National Health Insurance Card must be deleted from the register but be afforded the opportunity to register again, if they qualify.http: / / ghanapoliticsonline.com
Ramadan argues that a Supreme Court ruling in 2014 that
the National Health Insurance Card was an illegal form of identification for voters strengthens his latest suit.
The Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral Commission to expunge from the current voters» register the names of all persons who registered and voted in the 2012 elections, with
the National Health Insurance card as a proof of identity.
The Supreme Court has unanimously granted a perpetual injunction restraining the Electoral Commission (EC) from using
the National Health Insurance Card in its current form as an identity card for voter registrations.
Not exact matches
The Supreme Court's directive asking the Electoral Commission (EC) to produce the list of persons whose names were captured onto the voters» register using the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
card as proof of Ghanaian citizenship, expires today, June 29.
The Supreme Court will today [Thursday], June 30 2016, hear the suit in which former People's
National Convention (PNC) Youth Organizer, Abu Ramadan, is asking it to compel the Electoral Commission, to delete names of voters on the register, who got onto the electoral roll through the use of the
National Health Insurance Scheme
card as a proof of Ghanaian...
Lawyers for Abu Ramadan, former
National Youth Organizer of the People's
National Convention (PNC), have rejected the list of 56,000 persons presented to the Supreme Court by the Electoral Commission, as the full list of persons whose names were captured on the voters» register, with the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
card as proof of Ghanaian citizenship.
The Electoral Commission today [Wednesday], officially submitted what is supposed to be the full list of persons who found their way onto the voters» register using the
National Health Insurance Scheme
card as a proof of Ghanaian citizenship, prior to the 2012 elections.
Justice Jones Dotse in an interview said the Court was clear in ordering the removal of names of
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
card holders from the voters» register, settling a controversial debate over the judgment.
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO) has expressed similar views, saying the Commission may not be able to furnish the Supreme Court with the full list of persons who registered onto the voters» register with the
National Health Insurance Scheme
cards (NHIS), as proof of citizenship within six days.
The Supreme Court did not order that persons who registered with
National Health Insurance (NHI) identification
cards ARE or SHOULD BE automatically deregistered by the Electoral Commission.
The evidence that Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia presented to the Electoral Commission last year also made reference to the FOUR MILLION names of persons who had registered on Ghana's electoral roll with the use of the
National Health Insurance Scheme
cards (NHIS).
The
National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA), has taken delivery of some consumables and has begun restocking district offices of the scheme which ran short of some ID
card printing materials.
The Coalition of Domestic Election Observers (CODEO), has suggested that the Electoral Commission may not be able to furnish the Supreme Court with the full list of persons who registered onto the voters» register with the
National Health Insurance Scheme
cards (NHIS), as proof of citizenship within six days.
The Electoral Commission (EC) says it will not extend the re-registration date for the
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS)
card registrants whose names were deleted from the voters register.
But Samuel Pyne, the Ashanti Regional Secretary of the NPP, said the electoral commission deleted the names of party supporters who did not use their
National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) identification
cards.
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