Ghana: We’ll meet and will comply with Supreme Court's deadline on NHIS card registrants – EC

The Electoral Commission of Ghana has said it will comply with an order by the Supreme Court asking it to provide the full list of voters who registered onto the electoral roll, using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) card, as proof of Ghanaian citizenship. The Commission says it is ready to meet the deadline. The Commission has however given the assurance that the controversy surrounding the deletion of the NHIS card registrants from the register, will not disrupt the 2016 election calendar.

The apex court in issuing the order, also directed the Commission to furnish it with written details of the steps and modalities being adopted to delete the names of all undesirable persons on the electoral roll. The Supreme Court had prior to this, ruled that the use of NHIS cards as proof of citizenship in registering voters was unconstitutional.