Rita Akpan (an haife ta a ranar 28 ga watan Satumba shekarar 1944) malamar makaranta ce 'yar Nijeriya wacce ta kasance Ministan Mata ta Tarayya a cikin majalisar ministocin Shugaba Olusegun Obasanjo tsakanin watan Yulin shekarar 2003 da watan Yunin shekara ta 2005. An haifi Rita Akpan a ranar 28 ga watan Satumba shekarar 1944 a jihar Akwa-Ibom. Ta sami digiri na digiri na Arts a cikin Harsuna da Master of Art a Ilimi daga Jami'ar Oregon, Eugene, Amurka. Daga shekarar 1968 zuwa shekara ta 1986, tayi aiki tare da American International School, Victoria Island, Lagos da Ma’aikatar Ilimi ta Tarayya. Ta yi aiki a matsayin Shugabar Sashen Faransanci, Kwalejin Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Mata, Calabar, Sifeto Janar na Tarayyar Harshen Faransanci sannan daga baya ta zama Mataimakin Shugaban Kwalejin ’Yan Mata ta Gwamnatin Tarayya da ke Calabar. Akpan ta taɓa zama sakataren Gwamnatin Jihar Akwa Ibom a lokacin farko na mulkin Gwamna Victor Attah . Ta kuma kasance mamba a majalisar zartarwa a lokacin mulkin farar hula na farko na Obong Akpan Isemin. An nada ta Mataimaki na Musamman kan Yada Labarai da Al’adu ga Gwamnan Jihar Akwa-Ibom a shekarar 1992.