Dakoa Newman

Dakoa Newman (born 6 June 1985) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP). She is the member of parliament for the Okaikwei South Constituency. 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.

Early life and education
She was born on 6 June 1985 into a Christian family and hails from Akropong and Osu. 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. 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. 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.

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%.

Personal life
She is the daughter of Ghanaian politician Victor Newman. Darkoa is married with a child.