Personality Profile:Hon. Otiko Afisa Djaba,Minister for Gender,Children and Social Protection

 Otiko Afisa Djaba,Minister for Gender,Children and Social Protection, Mother of the Vulnerable in Ghana, Voice of the Voiceless is a mother of 4 children, is 54 years old. She studied Information Systems in the UK, communications in Egypt and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Integrated Development Studies at the University for Development Studies in Ghana.
She was the National Facilitator for the Campaign for Greater Discipline under Former Vice President Aliu Mahama in 2004. She worked as a Consultant in Children’s Rights and rural women’s development for Plan Ghana in extremely deprived rural communities in Sissala districts and in Wa.
In 2008 she was the NPP Parliamentary Candidate for the Bole-Bamboi constituency, and is currently the Women’s leader of the New Patriotic Party and has held the position since 2010. She is a polyglot, who speaks 8 Ghanaian dialects.