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General news for Wednesday, October 7, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-10-07
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia receives a portrait of Charles Takyi Boadu
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his deep appreciation to the members of his press corps for their consideration.
Receiving a portrait of the group before their 57th birthday on Wednesday October 7, he said: “This is the most delicate gift I have received on my birthday, it is beautiful, it is fantastic, I will keep it in my office.”
Charles Takyi Boadu, Dean of the Vice President’s Press Corps, made the presentation on behalf of the group and thanked the Vice President for his cordial relations with them.
“We thought it wise, as a group of journalists who have been following and covering the vice president’s public engagements for nearly four years, that we owe him a surprise on his birthday.
“So, knowing his love for people suffering from leprosy or lepers, we decided to present a portrait of the vice president that represents his sense of humanity and love for the vulnerable,” said Boadu.
“And you could see from his face and comments that he was very happy with the gift we gave him,” he added.
Vice President Bawumia is a sponsor of Lepers Aid Ghana and an advocate for cured lepers and has been supporting them with donations over the years.
Dr. Bawumia sponsored the construction of a two-bedroom house for an 82-year-old cured leper, Madame Daari Pogo, who was abandoned by her family and was taking refuge in a mud house in Motori in the Wa West district of the Upper region. West.
Dr. Bawumia was born on October 7, 1957 to Alhaji Mumuni Bawumia and Hajia Mariana Bawumia in Tamale.
He was born into a large family and is the twelfth of his father’s 18 children and the second of his mother’s five children.
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