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.
[3][4] Fatimatu Abubakar was appointed as the New Minister for Information on 14 February 2024, taking over from Kojo Oppong Nkrumah.
In 2008, while she was schooling at the University of Ghana, she served as the Vice President of Akuafo Hall Junior Common Room and contested for the position of the Coordinating Secretary of the National Union of Ghana Students (NUGS) in 2010.
[7] In January 2017, she was appointed the deputy director of Communications at the Flagstaff House by President Nana Akuffo-Addo.
Prior to her appointment, she worked at Lansdown Resort, Danquah Institute and SRM Engineering.