| Honorific-Prefix: | Hon. |
| Birth Date: | 1985 6, df=yes |
| Nationality: | Ghanaian |
| Party: | New Patriotic Party |
| Alma Mater: | University of Ghana, Legon |
| Profession: | Project Manager |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MP |
| Office: | Member of Parliament for Okaikwei South Constituency |
| Term Start: | 7 January 2021 |
| Predecessor: | Arthur Ahmed |
| Minister: | Gender, Children and Social Protection |
Dakoa Newman (born 6 June 1985) is a Ghanaian politician who is a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).[1] She is the member of parliament for the Okaikwei South Constituency.[2] [3] 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.[4]
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.[1] 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.
In June 2020, she stood for the New Patriotic Party primaries for Okaikwei South.[5] 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.[6] [7]
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%.[8]
She is the daughter of Ghanaian politician Victor Newman.[9] Darkoa is married with a child.[10] .She is a christian.[11]