Second lady Samira Bawumia has praised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia on the occasion of his 59th birthday, which happens to be today, October 7th 2022.
Samira took to social media to celebrate her husband and the second gentleman of Ghana.
In a short but sweet message, Samira praised Bawumia for his commitment to their family and the whole nation of Ghana and called for Allah’s blessings on him to keep him going.
Samira wrote: “Happy 59th birthday, sweetheart Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia. We’re grateful to Allah for protecting and guiding you throughout the years. The kids and I are proud of your commitment to our family and the entire nation.”
She shared a photo of herself and her ‘sweetheart’ to accompany her message.
A Brief Profile Of Bawumia
Mahamudu Bawumia was born on the 7th of October, 1963 to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia and Hajia Mariama Bawumia.
Bawumia was the twelfth of his father’s eighteen children and the second of his mother’s five.
His father, Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia was a teacher, lawyer and politician, a Mamprugu Royal and Chief of the Kpariga Traditional Area. He was a founding member of the Northern Peoples’ Party alongside Chief S. D. Dombo, Chief Abeifa Karbo, Yakubu Tali, the Tolon Naa, and J. A. Braimah, Kabachewura.
Bawumia started his education at the Sakasaka Primary school in Tamale. He later gained admission to Tamale Secondary School in 1975 and after graduating, went to the United Kingdom where he studied banking and obtained the Chartered Institute of Bankers Diploma (ACIB).
He took a First Class Honours Degree in Economics at Buckingham University in 1987. He then obtained a master’s degree in Economics at Lincoln College, Oxford, and obtained a Ph.D. in Economics at the Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1995.
From 1988 to 1990, Bawumia worked as a lecturer in Monetary Economics, and International Finance at the Emile Woolf College of Accountancy in London, England. He also served as an economist at the Research Department of the International Monetary Fund in Washington, DC, USA.
Between 1996 and 2000, Bawumia served as an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Hankamer School of Business at Baylor University in Waco, Texas, USA.
He returned to Ghana in the year 2000 to work as an economist and banker with the Central Bank, the Bank of Ghana.
He rose from Senior Economist to Head of Department, and subsequently as Special Assistant to the Governor of the Bank.
In June 2006, former President John Agyekum Kuffour appointed Bawumia as the Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
In 2007, he was tapped by then New Patriotic Party (NPP) Presidential candidate for the 2008 elections, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to be his running mate.
After losing in 2008 and 2012, the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia tandem finally tasted victory in 2016 and has been ruling Ghana since.
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com