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Hon.
Zita Okaikoi, Ghana's Ambassador to the Czech Republic
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 Law School
ProfessionLawyer

Zita Sabah Okaikoi is a Ghanaian politician, a former Minister for Tourism of Ghana currently Ghana's Ambassador[1] to South Africa.

Education

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

Politics

Zita 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. Zita 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. 2009-10-06. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  3. ^ "President Mills reshuffles Ministers". Ghana Home Page. 2010-01-25. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
  4. ^ "Zita Okaikoi And Atta Mills Hate Ghana". Peace FM Online. 2010-06-08. Retrieved 2010-07-23.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nana Akomea
Minister for Information
2009 – 2010
Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Tourism
2010 – 2011
Succeeded by