[2016]DLSC2798 • July 5, 2016 • Supreme Court •
ABU RAMADAN AND EVANS NIMAKO vs. THE ELECTORAL COMMISSION AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
The plaintiffs, Abu Ramadan and Evans Nimako, sought clarification and further directions regarding a Supreme Court judgment dated May 5, 2016, which ordered the Electoral Commission to 'delete or clean' the current register of voters to comply with the 1992 Constitution and applicable laws. The dispute centered on whether this order required immediate removal of names of persons who registered using National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) cards without establishing proper qualification, and the procedures to be followed in doing so.
read moreGBADEGBE JSC: Pending before us is an application by the plaintiffs-judgment creditors-applicants(the applicants) for clarification and further directions in respect of our judgment dated May 05 2016. The application was expressed in the body of the motion paper to have been brought under our inherent jurisdiction and rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, CI 16 of 1992.The reliefs prayed for by the applicants numbering four are as follows; (a) A declaration that the order made by this honourable court pursuant to the judgment in the instant suit dated May 5th, 2016 that the 1stDefendant/Respondent to“delete or clean” the current register of voters to conform to the provisions of the 1992 Constitution and applicable law means the immediate removal of names of persons who registered with the National Health Insurance Scheme Card and who had otherwise not established qualification to register or remain on the register of voters; and (b) A declaration that the said order is made pu...