Ghana’s minister of sports Nii Lante vanderpuye has retained his seat in Parliament as the member of Parliament for the Odododiodio constituency.
His Deputy Vincent Oppong Asamoah who was very optimistic of retaining his seat prior to Ghana’s general elections had a shock as he has been defeated by an NPP contestant.
“Yes, the NDC have lost, the deputy sports minister told sportworldgana.com after provisional results trickled in.
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Oppong Asamoah has been the member of Parliament for Dormaa west for the past years.
Both contestants, the minister and his deputy stood on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress, NDC.
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