Zita Okaikoi

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

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]

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 there.[4]

Personal life

She is the daughter of a Lebanese-Ghanaian father and a Ghanaian mother.[5]

Zita dumped her ex-husband after a failed marriage to Andrew Okaikoi.[6] She remarried in a private wedding ceremony.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Ambassadorial appointments: Tony Aidoo for Holland, Zita for South Africa". www.adomonline.com. 6 February 2014. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.
  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.
  5. ^ From Lebanon to Africa | Al Jazeera World, retrieved 8 October 2022
  6. ^ "Zita exposes ex-husband; reveals why she dumped him". GhanaWeb. 11 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
  7. ^ "Former Czech Ambassador Zita Sabah Okaikoi remarries". GhanaPoliticsOnline.com. 7 August 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2022.
Political offices
Preceded by
Nana Akomea
 Minister for Information
2009–2010 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Minister for Tourism
2010–2011 		Succeeded by


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