EC has been 'extremely irresponsible' - Nana Akomea

According to him, the EC has so far been “extremely appalling and irresponsible.”

On Thursday, the Supreme Court ordered the EC to produce the list of all voters who registered using their National Health Insurance (NHIS) cards as a form of identification within six days.

The court also directed the EC to furnish them with a detailed plan on how they were going to carry out the deletion and re-registration of the people, who registered with the NHIS cards.

At Thursday’s hearing, the panel of Judges presided over by the Chief Justice, Georgina Theodora Wood expressed their displeasure over the apathetic attitude of the EC in complying with their orders in the Abu Ramadan suit.

The Judges thus warned that they will not allow the Commission to plunge the nation into chaos ahead of the general elections.

Speaking on Accra-based Joy FM, Nana Akomea commended the Supreme Court Judges for firmly handling the issue.

“This time, the court is really pulling the ears of the Electoral Commission by saying that go and do A, B, C by this date and bring it to me to look at and give you further orders,” he said.

He indicated that a look at the sequence of events regarding the Abu Ramadan case, it is evident that “the Electoral Commission has been extremely appalling and irresponsible in its attitude in getting a clean voters’ register.”