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EC has conjured names of NHIS registrants - LMVCA

The Commission, on Thursday July 14, 2016 published the list of deleted names as ordered by the Court but the group believes the Commission has submitted a wrong list.

 

The Commission, on Thursday July 14, 2016 published the list of deleted names as ordered by the Court but the group believes the Commission has submitted a wrong list.

According to the convenor of LMVCA, David Asante the Electoral Commission has conjured the names.

“For us in Let My Vote Count Alliance we still hold it and the position is that the Electoral Commission could not have produced a list or they will produce a document and present it to the court and the plaintiffs. As it stands now, the Electoral Commission has managed to take 56,000 names and false corresponding National Health Insurance card numbers and put it in front of those names.” he said.

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“The Electoral Commission has constantly maintained a deceptive posture. The 56,000 names were cooked by the Electoral Commission. They never existed on the electoral register. No wonder some of them are car numbers, telephone numbers and even house numbers. That is how bad the situation is, “he added.

The commission on Wednesday, July 13, 2016 announced that it had already deleted the names in compliance with the court’s order and will give the affected persons the opportunity to re-register on Monday [July 18, 2016] if they are able to prove their Ghanaian citizenship.

It subsequently released the list of some 56,772 persons whose names were captured on the electoral roll on Thursday.

Ghana’s Supreme court as part of the ruling on July 5, also asked the Commission to ensure that such persons are not disenfranchised, but are properly re-registered.

Speaking at a news conference on Wednesday, the Director of Electoral Services at the EC, Samuel Tettey, said the re-registration exercise will last for ten days.

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Meanwhile the EC has also announced that its exhibition exercise will start from July 18 to August 7, 2016.

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