It has come to the notice of the NPP that the NDC government led by Prof. J.E .A Mills has prepared a grand scheme designed to rig the up-coming December elections with the connivance of officials of the National Health Insurance Authority, and the National Identification Authority.

Over the weekend the managers of the National Health Insurance Scheme across the country were summoned to emergency meetings in the Regions to set up special registration centers in their scheme areas to register “certain people” with immediate effect. These Schemes are listed below:

Regions and their Selected Schemes:

Regions Selected Scheme No.

Gt. Accra Ashiedu Keteke, Dangbe East, Ashiaman, Tema, La, Kpeshie, Dangbe West, Ga, Ayawaso, 9
Ashanti Asokwa,Bantama,Ejura-Sekyeredumasi, 3
Volta Keta, Ketu, Ho, Hohoe, Kpando, Nkwanta, North Tongu, Kpevie, Jasinka, Krachi West, South Tongu, Akatsi, Kadjebi 13
Northern Tamale, Bimbilla, Savelugu, Bunkpurugu/Yunyoo, Sawla, Bole, Damongo, Karaga, Gushiegu, Kumbungu, East Mamprusi 11
Brong Ahafo Techiman, Kintampo North, Kintampo South, Pru, Sene, Attebubu, Nkoranza, Jaman North, Kintampo South, 10
Upper East Bolgatanga, Nabdam, Talensi, Bawku, Garu-Tempane, Builsa North, Zebilla 8
Eastern Lower Manya-Krobo, Afram Plains, Akwapim South 3
Upper West Wa, Nadowli, Lawra-Nandom, Sisalla East 4
Western Region No registration Nil
Central Region No registration Nil

NHIS officials have been instructed to complete the exercise within 2 weeks and regional managers have up to 3rd April 2012 to submit the batches for card printing.

They have code-named the exercise a “Special Registration Exercise”.
The questions we wish to ask are:

1. What are they issuing these cards for, knowing fully well that the EC voter registration exercise is due to start this coming Saturday 24th March?
2. We are aware that NHIS registration/card issuance usually takes 3 months, so why and how is this “Special Registration Exercise” being conducted within a week, and just before the start of national voter registration?
3. What is the motivation behind this so-called “Special Registration Exercise” in which NHIA intends to charge people a reduced fee of GHC 15.00 whereas the standard fee for NHIS registration is GHC23.00?
4. If it’s a normal exercise done at the scheme manager’s discretion, how come it is being done at the same time across the country?
5. Why are Central and Western regions exempted from the exercise?
6. Why are there 13 Schemes in the Volta region alone and only three each in the Ashanti region and Eastern?

The NPP would like to caution those behind this purportedly gargantuan attempt to defraud the Ghanaian people to be mindful of the consequences.

….Signed…..
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie
(General Secretary)