The Progressive Peoples Party’s (PPP) National Secretary believes Abu Ramadans’ suit stating citizens who registered with their National Health Insurance cards are not credible and ought to be deleted was irrelevant adding the reliefs granted will not make the voters’ register credible.
Murtala Mohammed further added the whole suit was in the interest of the Nana Addo led New Patriotic Party (NPP) and not in the interest of Ghanaians as they would have the world believe.
“The point is that it has nothing to do with the judgment and the court. It has everything to do with the interests. Don’t forget it is Abu Ramadan, Nimako versus the Electoral Commission, Attorney General cum NDC….†he intimated to Citi News.
According to Mr. Mohammed, the only way to truly ensure a clean register is to adopt the use of National Identification Cards as proof of Ghanaian citizenship for purposes of enrolling onto the voters’ register.
He stressed doing this will address the critical issue regarding minors, non-Ghanaians and deceased names on the register.
“Why do you fight for national insurance registrants on the register when we have minors on the register? We have deceased people on the register and we have non-citizens. I am telling you that the argument is that, these numbers are more than the National insurance [NHIS] registrants†he summed up.
The Supreme Court directed the EC to expunge from the current voters’ register the 56,000 persons it presented as having registered with the NHIS card as a proof of identity.