Zita Okaikoi

Zita Sabah Okaikoi is a Ghanaian politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Tourism of Ghana and later Ghana's Ambassador to the Czech Republic.[1]

Hon.

Zita Okaikoi
Ambassador of Ghana to the Czech Republic
In office
2013–2017
Succeeded byVirginia Hesse
Minister for Tourism
In office
2010–2011
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byJuliana Azumah-Mensah
Succeeded byAkua Dansua
Minister for Information
In office
2009–2010
PresidentJohn Atta Mills
Preceded byNana Akomea
Succeeded byJohn Tia
Personal details
NationalityGhanaian
Political partyNational Democratic Congress
Alma materKwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and Ghana School of Law
ProfessionLawyer

Education

Okaikoi is a graduate of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and the Ghana School of Law.[2]

Politics

Okaikoi was the first Minister for Information in the National Democratic Congress government of President John Atta Mills. She held that portfolio through the first year of the Mills government. Okaikoi was appointed Minister for Tourism by President Mills in a cabinet reshuffle in January 2010.[3] She attracted controversy in 2010 when she left for the United States during her pregnancy ostensibly to have a baby.[4]

See also

References

  1. http://www.adomonline.com/news_details.php?article=3141
  2. "President Mills is responsible for all the attacks on Zita Okaikoi the Information Minister". Ghana Tourist Villas. 6 October 2009. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  3. "President Mills reshuffles Ministers". Ghana Home Page. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
  4. "Okaikoi And Atta Mills Hate Ghana". Peace FM Online. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 23 July 2010.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nana Akomea
Minister for Information
2009 2010
Succeeded by
John Tia
Preceded by
Juliana Azumah-Mensah
Minister for Tourism
2010 2011
Succeeded by
Akua Dansua


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