EC presents list of ‘NHIS voters’ to Supreme Court
The Electoral Commission (EC) yesterday presented to the Supreme Court a list of people on the electoral roll who registered with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards .
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Sources close to the case confirmed that the EC also filed at the registry of the apex court how it intended to comply with the court's judgement on the voters register delivered on May 5, 2016.
The move followed an order by the court last Thursday for the commission to within six days furnish it with the full list of all those on the electoral roll who registered with the NHIS cards.
The court again ordered the EC to furnish it within the same period how it intended to comply with the court's judgement delivered on May 5, 2016.
The May 5 judgement ordered the EC to take immediate steps to clean or delete the names of all those not qualified to be on the electoral register.
These include minors, the deceased and those who registered with NHIS cards.
Application
The two orders from the highest court of the land followed an application by the former National Youth Organiser of the People’s National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan, and one Evans Nimako.
The two were the plaintiffs in the suit that led to the May 5 judgement .
Their application is seeking clarification and further directions.
Case
As to whether the highest court of the land will be satisfied with the list or not will be determined today during the continuation of the hearing of the application.
Copy
A messenger from the EC filed the documents at the Supreme Court registry about 1:30 p.m.
Sources, however, revealed to the Daily Graphic that the commission filed only one copy instead of five to cater for the five justices hearing the case.
The registry, therefore, asked the commission to go back and present five copies as required.
At 2:45 p.m., the EC's messenger arrived at the registry to submit the documents which were in a blue bag, popularly called "Ghana must go.”
Media frenzy
The Supreme Court Complex was invaded by many media practitioners hoping to get information concerning the filing.
All efforts to get in touch with the EC messenger proved futile as he played a hide and seek game with the journalists present.
He was eventually whisked away on a motorbike.