Hon. Dakoa Newman MP | |
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Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South Constituency | |
Assumed office 7 January 2021 | |
Minister | Gender,Children and Social Protection |
Preceded by | Arthur Ahmed |
Personal details | |
Born | 6 June 1985 |
Nationality | Ghanaian |
Political party | New Patriotic Party |
Alma mater | University of Ghana,Legon |
Profession | Project Manager |
Dakoa Newman (born 6 June 1985) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). [1] She is the member of parliament for the Okaikwei South Constituency. [2] [3] She is the daughter of Victor Newman who was also a politician and founding member of the New Patriotic Party.
She was appointed the Minister for Gender,Children and Social Protection on February 14th. [4]
She was born on 6 June 1985 into a Christian family and hails from Akropong and Osu. [1] She completed Wesley Girls Senior High School,Cape Coast. She is a chartered Project Management Professional (PMP)and a chartered Risk Management Professional (RMP) certified by the Project Management Institute,USA(2017. [1] She also holds a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from the University of Ghana,Legon and a Master’s Degree in Program and Project Management from the University of Warwick,United Kingdom.
In June 2020,she stood for the New Patriotic Party primaries for Okaikwei South. [5] Newman defeated incumbent member of parliament Arthur Ahmed and Nana Fredua by getting 440 votes,whilst the two others got 327 votes and 27 votes respectively. [6] [7]
She won the 2020 December parliamentary elections for the Okaikwei South Constituency. She was declared winner by getting 40,393 votes representing 60.82% against her closest contender Abraham Kotei Neequaye of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who had 26,019 votes representing 39.18%. [8]
She is the daughter of Ghanaian politician Victor Newman. [9] Darkoa is married with a child. [10]
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