The campaign team of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has temporarily suspended its campaign operations. This strategic decision has been made to facilitate the Vice President's visit to specific locations where the Limited Voter Registration Exercise is currently in progress.In a press release signed by Spokesperson Dr. Gideon Boako, it was clarified that Vice President Dr.

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Mahamudu Bawumia will utilize this campaign hiatus to pay visits to designated registration centers operated by the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC).“Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia will use the campaign break to visit selected E.C. Registration centres and encourage all party faithful to focus on mobilizing eligible persons to register for their voter’s ID card,” the release stated.

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Additionally, he urged party members to actively participate in the registration exercise.“The campaign entreats all party members to take note and work hard to achieve each constituency’s registration target.”Prior to the temporary suspension of the campaign activities, Dr. Bawumia had been actively involved in interacting with constituents residing in the Western North Region.

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During his visit to the region, he conducted a thorough examination of the voter registration process taking place within the Enchi district, closely monitoring the ongoing limited voter registration exercise.On Tuesday, September 12, 2023, all 268 district offices of the commission nationwide opened for the Limited Voters' Registration Exercise, which allowed eligible Ghanaians who had reached the age of 18 or older to register to vote.

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This was done as part of the EC's planning for the 2024 general elections.The registration process is scheduled to end on Monday, October 2, 2023, and will be open to Ghanaians who have turned 18 since the last registration in 2020, as well as those who are older but were unable to register during the 2020 registration process for a variety of reasons.

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