“I have spoken to President-elect John Dramani Mahama to congratulate him on his victory. The people of Ghana have spoken, and we must respect their decision.”
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Mahamudu Bawumia
Mahamudu Bawumia is a Ghanaian politician and former central banker who served as the seventh vice president of Ghana from 7 January 2017 to 7 January 2025 under President Nana Akufo-Addo. He was the New Patriotic Party (NPP) nominee for president in the 2024 general election.
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politics · Vice-President of Ghana from 2017 to 2025 · politician · economist · minister · also Mahamudu Bawumia, Bawumia
Born 7 October 1963 · Q6733078
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As we await the final confirmation from the EC, let us all ensure peace and stability. We must come together as one people to build a better Ghana, regardless of our political affiliations.
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2026· 6 entries
“As we await the final confirmation from the EC, let us all ensure peace and stability. We must come together as one people to build a better Ghana, regardless of our political affiliations.”
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“We will not be a disruptive opposition. Even though we will subject the government’s actions and policies to strict scrutiny in the interest of our beloved nation.”
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“Our MPs, I am convinced, will do a thorough job to advance our democracy and ensure that the citizenry gets the best out of the democratic dispensation.”
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MyJoyOnline: Dr. Bawumia meets new Greater Accra NPP executives; charges them to bring all talents on board
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GhanaWeb: If we are united, we will win 2028 - Dr Bawumia to new Greater Accra NPP executives
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2025· 4 entries
Ghana Fact rated the claim “Dr Bawumia pictured in an NDC shirt after defecting from NPP.” AI-generated.
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Ghana Fact rated the claim “That Bawumia got 38.2% of votes in 2024 presidential elections” False.
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Claimed: “Samira Bawumia claims she is the youngest Second Lady since 1992” — rated True by Ghana Fact.
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Ghana Fact rated the claim “Bawumia gets appointment to United Nations Board” Misleading.
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2024· 3 entries
Claimed: “Ghana's population has increased by over 5 million in 8 years” — rated False by Ghana Fact.
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Ghana Fact rated the claim “An alleged photo showing Dr Bawumia holding pig head” Manipulated.
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Ghana Fact rated the claim “President Akufo-Addo is annoyed with Dr Bawumia following his recent national address” Misleading.
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2023· 3 entries
Ghana Fact rated the claim “A website promises WhatsApp users 10 GB of data and 20 cedis airtime voucher to celebrate Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia election as NPP presidential candidate.” HOAX.
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Published “Strong peak immunogenicity but rapid antibody waning following third vaccine dose in older residents of care homes” in Nature Aging — cited 27 times.
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Published “Neutralising immunity to omicron sublineages BQ.1.1, XBB, and XBB.1.5 in healthy adults is boosted by bivalent BA.1-containing mRNA vaccination and previous Omicron infection” in The Lancet Infectious Diseases — cited 30 times.
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2022· 2 entries
Claimed: “ICAO approves for Ghana’s National Identity Card, the Ghana Card to be recognized globally as a valid e-passport” — rated Misleading by Ghana Fact.
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Claimed: “Ghana has now been accepted into the ICAO Public Key Directory” — rated True by Ghana Fact.
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2021· 1 entry
Published “Neutralising antibodies after COVID-19 vaccination in UK haemodialysis patients” in The Lancet — cited 86 times.
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2020· 1 entry
Claimed: “3 claims about fiscal deficit [2018, 2019] being below 5%, 8 financial institutions that started operations during NDC governments going bust and reducing/abolishing at least 15 separate taxes and levies” — rated One claim false, two are true by Ghana Fact.
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2019· 1 entry
Claimed: “Ex-President Kufour handed a HIPC economy in 2000” — rated True by Ghana Fact.
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2017· 1 entry
Career landmark: Vice President of the Republic of Ghana (2017).
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2014· 1 entry
Published “Fisheries, ecosystem justice and piracy: A case study of Somalia” in Fisheries Research — cited 52 times.
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2006· 1 entry
Published “Galectin-3 Associates with the Primary Cilium and Modulates Cyst Growth in Congenital Polycystic Kidney Disease” in The American Journal of Pathology — cited 34 times.
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2001· 1 entry
Published “NMR Solution Studies of Hamster Galectin-3 and Electron Microscopic Visualization of Surface-Adsorbed Complexes: Evidence for Interactions between the N- and C-Terminal Domains” in Biochemistry — cited 54 times.
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2000· 2 entries
Published “Molecular modeling and mutagenesis studies of the N-terminal domains of galectin-3: evidence for participation with the C-terminal carbohydrate recognition domain in oligosaccharide binding” in Glycobiology — cited 50 times.
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To work as an economist at the Bank of Ghana
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1999· 1 entry
Published “Kinetic measurements of binding of galectin 3 to a laminin substratum” in Glycoconjugate Journal — cited 39 times.
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1998· 1 entry
Published “Evidence for subsites in the galectins involved in sugar binding at the nonreducing end of the central galactose of oligosaccharide ligands: Sequence analysis, homology modeling and mutagenesis studies of hamster galectin-3” in Glycobiology — cited 52 times.
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1995· 1 entry
Published “Cross‐linking of galectin 3, a galactose‐binding protein of mammalian cells, by tissue‐type transglutaminase” in FEBS Letters — cited 52 times.
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1994· 1 entry
Published “Structure of baby hamster kidney carbohydrate-binding protein CBP30, an S-type animal lectin.” in Journal of Biological Chemistry — cited 63 times.
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1963· 1 entry
Born 1963-10-07.
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