Английская Википедия:Dakoa Newman
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use Ghanaian English Шаблон:Infobox officeholder 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]
Early life and education
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.
Politics
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]
Personal life
She is the daughter of Ghanaian politician Victor Newman.[9] Darkoa is married with a child.[10]
References
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- University of Ghana alumni
- Ghanaian MPs 2021–2025
- 1985 births
- 21st-century Ghanaian women politicians
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