{"id":36065,"date":"2014-07-31T15:50:58","date_gmt":"2014-07-31T15:50:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=36065"},"modified":"2014-07-31T15:59:40","modified_gmt":"2014-07-31T15:59:40","slug":"ghanaians-need-education-on-supreme-court-ruling-political-parties","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2014\/07\/ghanaians-need-education-on-supreme-court-ruling-political-parties\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghanaians need education on Supreme Court ruling \u2013 Political parties"},"content":{"rendered":"
Some political parties in Ghana have welcomed the Supreme Court\u2019s decision barring the Electoral Commission (EC) from using the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards in registering new voters in the upcoming voter registration exercise.<\/p>\n
The EC was scheduled to embark on the registration of persons who turned 18 years after the 2012 general elections and adults who could not register during the previous registration exercises.<\/p>\n
These two categories of individuals were to present a National Identification Card, Ghanaian Passport, Drivers License, an NHIS CARD or an old voter ID card as proof of eligibility.<\/p>\n
But the Supreme Court on Wednesday unanimously granted a perpetual injunction restraining the EC from using the NHIS cards after the National Youth Organizer of the Peoples National Convention (PNC), Abu Ramadan and one Evans Nimako sued the Commission.<\/p>\n
The two were seeking true and proper interpretation of Article 42 of the Constitution in relation to the use of the NHIS card as a proof of qualification to register as a voter pursuant to the public elections.<\/p>\n
The EC has since set August 4, 2014 to begin the nationwide registration exercise.<\/p>\n