Second Lady of Ghana

Second Lady of Ghana
since 7 January 2017
Inaugural holderLily Anna de Graft-Johnson
Formation1 July 1960

Second Lady of Ghana is the title given to the wife of the vice-president of the Republic of Ghana.[1][2] The current second lady is Samira Bawumia,[3][4][1] who has held that position since 2017 when her husband Mahamudu Bawumia was sworn into office.[5][6] They are not officially given salaries but the Ghanaian first and second lady are both given clothing allowances to serve as initiatives to be comfortable enough to advocate the country through material forms of culture. They usually undertake social programmes and philanthropic activities especially in relation to kids and women.[7][8][9]

  1. ^ a b "Second lady of Ghana visits Penn". Penn Today. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  2. ^ MyNewsGH (22 April 2020). "Second Lady launches 'Samira Bawumia Literature Prize' to support young Ghanaian writers". MyNewsGh. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  3. ^ "Samira Bawumia Profile". Sbawumia.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  4. ^ "Second Lady of Ghana and Clean Cooking Champion Samira Bawumia Announced as SEforAll #SevenFor7 Honoree". Clean Cooking Alliance. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Mahamudu Bawumia sworn in as Ghana's Vice President". Modern Ghana. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Mahamudu Bawumia sworn in as Ghana's Vice President". Citi 97.3 FM - Relevant Radio. Always. 7 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Second Lady Samira Bawumia Presents Donation to Noguchi Memorial Institute for Medical Research | University of Ghana". www.ug.edu.gh. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Second lady wants mining companies to employ locals [Ghana] - Business & Human Rights Resource Centre". www.business-humanrights.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. ^ "No violence against children is justifiable - it is always preventable". www.unicef.org. Retrieved 5 February 2021.