{"id":261393,"date":"2024-12-06T07:26:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:26:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T07:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:26:48","slug":"throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>With just three days to go until Ghana heads to the polls on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, the country\u2019s political scene is buzzing. <\/p>\n<p>Among the many stories circulating, one that has caught our attention is a throwback wedding photo of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia. <\/p>\n<p>The photo has sparked conversations about their love story, their marriage, and the family they\u2019ve built together.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s check out some of the throwback wedding photos below.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a7cf050d842145448bd9acfb30865331\"\/><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Their Love Story: From Friendship to Marriage<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/23be8e1c46c34c04b240572617095e49\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bawumia and Samira met in 2000 after Samira had completed her studies at Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST). <\/p>\n<p>During an appearance on Accra-based Asempa FM&#8217;s Ekosii Sen radio program, Samira revealed some details about how they first crossed paths. <\/p>\n<p>She shared that their initial meeting was through mutual friends, and, as she described it, it was love at first sight. <\/p>\n<p>While Samira suspected that Dr. Bawumia was interested in her, he had to beat around the bush before finally expressing his feelings. <\/p>\n<p>But Samira, with her sharp instincts, had already picked up on his interest.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Wedding and Family Life<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/e9af5a753e4c4141bcacc4501dbba150\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The couple tied the knot on February 14, 2004, a memorable Valentine\u2019s Day that marked the beginning of their lifelong journey together. <\/p>\n<p>Currently, they have been married for 20 years.<\/p>\n<p>The couple has four children\u2014three boys and one girl. <\/p>\n<p>Among their children, Nadia and Mahmoud Junior are well-known to the public.<\/p>\n<p>Despite their busy public lives, they have maintained a strong, united family.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With just three days to go until Ghana heads to the polls on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, the country\u2019s political scene is buzzing. Among the many stories circulating, one that has caught our attention is a throwback wedding photo of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia. The photo has sparked conversations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":261394,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-261393","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - 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\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"With just three days to go until Ghana heads to the polls on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, the country\u2019s political scene is buzzing. Among the many stories circulating, one that has caught our attention is a throwback wedding photo of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia. The photo has sparked conversations [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"404\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"headline\":\"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":262,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/\",\"name\":\"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg\",\"width\":720,\"height\":404},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/06\\\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2024\\\/author\\\/ghanamma\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - Ghanamma.com","og_description":"With just three days to go until Ghana heads to the polls on Saturday, December 7th, 2024, the country\u2019s political scene is buzzing. Among the many stories circulating, one that has caught our attention is a throwback wedding photo of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and his wife, Samira Bawumia. The photo has sparked conversations [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/","og_site_name":"Ghanamma.com","article_published_time":"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00","og_image":[{"width":720,"height":404,"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Ghana News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"headline":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up","datePublished":"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/"},"wordCount":262,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg","articleSection":["Entertainment"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/","name":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg","datePublished":"2024-12-06T07:26:48+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/a840307e3ab84ab087da2f2ea4602017.jpeg","width":720,"height":404},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/12\/06\/throwback-wedding-photo-of-dr-bawumia-and-wife-samira-pops-up\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Throwback Wedding Photo of Dr. Bawumia and Wife Samira Pops Up"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"Ghana mma provides breaking news, top stories in Ghana, Africa, business, entertainment, politics and more.","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/#\/schema\/person\/c70749f3edfbfcd92d45e933f0fe10b5","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024"],"url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/author\/ghanamma\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=261393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/261393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/261394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=261393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=261393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=261393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}