{"id":181513,"date":"2024-05-12T13:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/12\/bawumia-should-select-samira-if-he-is-considering-a-female-as-running-mate-okyeame-kwame\/"},"modified":"2024-05-12T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T13:39:04","slug":"bawumia-should-select-samira-if-he-is-considering-a-female-as-running-mate-okyeame-kwame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/12\/bawumia-should-select-samira-if-he-is-considering-a-female-as-running-mate-okyeame-kwame\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia should select Samira if he is considering a female as running mate \u2013 Okyeame Kwame \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Ghanaian musician,\u00a0Okyeame Kwame, has expressed his thoughts on the running mate choice for the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),\u00a0Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the general elections.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the vice president\u2019s wife,\u00a0Samira Bawumia, would be a good fit for the running mate position due to the experience she has garnered in the political system.<\/p>\n<p>He also noted that Samira\u2019s rich educational background, coupled with her exploits in the political system, will form a good partnership with her husband to win the 2024 general elections for the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview with Angel FM and monitored by GhanaWeb, the host of the show, Ohemaa Woyeje, asked, \u201cWould you like Dr. Bawumia to present a female as running mate?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Responding,\u00a0Okyeame Kwame\u00a0said \u201cThen he should bring his wife,\u00a0Samira Bawumia; she is so intelligent, like fire. Do you hear the way she speaks English? She is a wise person, and she is learned too. I cannot tell if she is on the list of people being considered for the running mate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, pressure continues to mount on Dr. Bawumia to name his running mate as the general elections approach.<\/p>\n<p>Ghana goes to the polls on December 7, 2024, to elect a president and Members of Parliament.<\/p>\n<p>While\u00a0Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia\u00a0takes the helm of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for the task ahead, John Dramani Mahama leads the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in their quest to also wrestle power from the NPP.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Watch the video below.<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"DIA7wQIA2KQ\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Everyone Sh0ck As Okyeame Kwame Sh0\u0107kingly Reveals H0t S\u00e8cr\u00e8t Abt Bawumia Wife &quot;Samira Bawumia&quot;\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DIA7wQIA2KQ?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian musician,\u00a0Okyeame Kwame, has expressed his thoughts on the running mate choice for the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),\u00a0Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the general elections. According to him, the vice president\u2019s wife,\u00a0Samira Bawumia, would be a good fit for the running mate position due to the experience she has garnered in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":181514,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-181513","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Bawumia should select Samira if he is considering a female as running mate \u2013 Okyeame Kwame \u2013 - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/05\/12\/bawumia-should-select-samira-if-he-is-considering-a-female-as-running-mate-okyeame-kwame\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Bawumia should select Samira if he is considering a female as running mate \u2013 Okyeame Kwame \u2013 - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Ghanaian musician,\u00a0Okyeame Kwame, has expressed his thoughts on the running mate choice for the Flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP),\u00a0Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, ahead of the general elections. 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