Fatimatu Abubakar, the current Deputy Minister for Information, has seen a boost in her portfolio following President Akufo-Addo’s ministerial reshuffle.
She now takes over from her boss, Information Minister Kojo Oppong-Nkrumah, who has been appointed Housing Minister.
President Akufo-Addo has unveiled significant changes to his ministerial team in a major cabinet reshuffle, responding to growing calls for a shake-up.
Profile
Fatimatu Abubakar was born in Kumasi in the Ashanti Region. She graduated from the University of Ghana with a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and English Language and Law for her second degree.
In 2008, while she was schooling at the University of Ghana, she served as the Vice President of Akuafo Hall Junior Common Room and Chairperson of the SRC Week Planning Committee.
In January 2017 she was appointed as the Deputy Communications Director at the Office of the President, Jubilee House, Accra, Ghana.
Prior to her political appointments, she worked at the Lansdown Resort, Aburi, and SRM Engineering Limited, where she served as a house manager and a Clerk respectively.
She previously served the then-candidate Nana Akufo-Addo as a campaign aide in the 2016 and 202 general elections.
She was part of the legal team of President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo-Addo during the 2020 Presidential Election Petition.