AfricaNews Report: Ghana's Supreme Court orders deletion of over 56,000 names from voters roll

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AfricaNews reported that “ahead of crucial elections later this year, Ghana’s Supreme Court has ordered the Electoral body to with immediate effect delete the names of some 56,000 people who registered with cards deemed by the court to be invalid. The deletions are in respect of persons who used the country’s National Health Insurance Authority (NHIA) cards as proof of their Ghanaian citizenship in the last registration exercise. Tuesday’s directive follows a May 5, 2016 ruling in which the apex Court ordered the Electoral Commission (EC) to allow such persons who would be affected by the deletion to be re-registered using the right process….” Read more.