New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate Dr Mahamadu Bawumia is 53 years today.
Born in Tamale in 1963 to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia and Hajia Mariama Bawumia, Dr Bawumia is from Kperiga in the Walewale Constituency of the Northern Region.
His father, Alhaji Bawumia served under various Ghanaian governments in various capacities, including member of the Northern Territories Council, the Gold Coast Legislative Assembly, a Member of Parliament of the First Republic, Northern Regional Minister, and Ambassador to Saudi Arabia.
After graduating from Tamale Secondary School in 1982, he 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.Â
Prior to his appointment as Nana Akufo-Addo's running mate in 2008, Dr Bawumia had been an accomplished scholar winning prestigious award and had worked as lecturer, economist and a banker.
He is married to Samira (nee Ramadan) with whom he has four children.
The wife took to Twitter to wish Dr Bawumia a happy birthday
Happy birthday to my lovely husband, Alhaji Dr. @MBawumia.
— Samira Bawumia (@SBawumia) October 7, 2016
Nana Akufo-Addo also wished him well on Twitter:
Happy birthday to my good friend and running mate, Alhaji Dr. @MBawumia. pic.twitter.com/ArauYpEXP7
— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) October 7, 2016