[1] A member of the United Resources Party, he served in several ministerial roles and ran for president of the country.
He joined the Bougainville Copper Limited company in 1978, and worked there for eight years.
[1] In 1990, he became involved in the Bougainvillean civil war, leading a resistance movement against the Bougainville Revolutionary Army (BRA), and subsequently participated in the ensuing peace process.
In the 2002 general election, Akoitai retained his parliamentary seat, and was appointed Minister responsible for Mining, Environment, Conservation and Correctional Institution Services by Prime Minister Michael Somare.
[1] In 2008, no longer a member of the national government, he took part in the Bougainvillean presidential election, and finished second out of fourteen candidates, defeated by James Tanis.