Ghana’s Electoral Commission has been cleared to collect the controversial GHC50,000 nomination fee from persons seeking to contest this year’s December 7 presidential election.
The Progressive People’s Party, which is challenging the legality of the Commission’s decision to charge the whopping amount, filed an interim application to restrain the EC from going ahead to collect the amount until the Accra High Court rules on the matter.
However, the Accra High Court presided over by Justice Daniel Mensah dismissed the application Friday morning when it came up for hearing. This was after lawyers for the EC and the PPP had advance their arguments for and against the motion.
The court has fixed Monday, October 10 to give reasons for the dismissal of the application on.
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