Mumuni Bawumia

Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia was a Ghanaian politician, a writer and founding member of the Northern People's Party.[1][2] His son Mahamudu Bawumia is the Vice-President of Ghana. Mumuni Bawumia died in September 2002.[1] He served as Chairman of the Council of State from 1992 to 2000.[3]

Career

Mumuni was a teacher, lawyer, a politician and the paramount chief of Kperiga in the then Northern region of Ghana.[4]

Personal life

He was married to Mariama Bawumia. They had five children.[5] Mumuni had 18 children[4]

References
  1. "Who is Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia?". Modern Ghana. Accra Ghana. The Statesman. 15 August 2008. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
  2. Dennis Austin (1976). Ghana Observed: Essays on the Politics of a West African Republic. Manchester University Press. pp. 199. ISBN 9780841902787.
  3. Grischow, Jeff (May 2007). "Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia, A Life in Political History: memoirs of Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia. Accra: Ghana Universities Press (pb £17.95 – 9964 3 0335 1). 2004, 279 pp (distributed by the African Books Collective Ltd, Oxford)". Africa. 77 (2): 302–303. doi:10.3366/afr.2007.77.2.302. ISSN 1750-0184. S2CID 145166780.
  4. "H.E Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia | Ministry of Communications". www.moc.gov.gh. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
  5. Aklorbortu, Priscilla (2021-09-13). "Mariama Bawumia: Mother of Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia dead". Yen.com.gh - Ghana news. Retrieved 2021-09-13.
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