Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has denied having British citizenship.
This claim is bolstered by information about the vice president on the British government’s Companies House website, where Dr. Bawumia is listed as indicating that he is a Brit.
However, the vice president has said that part of the information on the website is incorrect.
According to him, he indicated unequivocally that he is a Ghanaian on the document he filled out for Companies House when he was the director of the Ghana International Bank, a subsidiary of the Bank of Ghana in London, UK.
A copy of Dr. Bawumia’s Companies House form from 2006, which the vice president’s office provided, revealed that he wrote that he was Ghanaian.
Except for his nationality and the day he resigned, which were not on the form, all of Dr. Bawumia’s details captured on the website matched what he entered on the information form.
GhanaWeb has sought out to Companies House and the British High Commission in Accra for explanation, but neither has answered.
The vice president’s profile on the Companies House website included information about his time as a director of the Ghana International Bank.
It stated that the Ghana International Bank was still operating in the United Kingdom, but that Dr. Bawumia had quit as director.
On October 18, 2006, he was appointed, and on April 15, 2009, he resigned.
House No. 48, 6th Estate Road, Kanda Estates, Accra, Greater Accra, Ghana was listed as his address.
The vice president’s occupation was listed as banker, and he was British.