William Owuraku Aidoo (left), MP-Elect for Afigya Kwabre South and Deputy Minister for Energy and Joseph Cudjoe (right), MP-Elect for Effia Constituency

A Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of Finance and Infrastructure and governing New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate for Effia Constituency in the Western Region of the Republic of Ghana has retained his seat for the next four years.

His win was announced in Ghana’s just ended general elections.

He floored the NDC’s Michael Otoo to win the seat again for the NPP.

Mr. Cudjoe polled 19,476 votes, representing 59.18 percent while Michael Otoo polled 13,433 votes, representing 40.82 percent.

Similarly, Deputy Minister for Energy in charge of Power, William Owuraku Aidoo won the South Afigya Kwabre parliamentary seat for the NPP in the Ashanti Region. He, too, retained his seat.

He polled 64,363 votes, representing 78.92 percent while his contender, Nuzagl Vivien Nyuzagla of the NDC, polled 16,173 votes, representing 19.83 percent.

Robert Dambo of the PNC secured 1,014, representing 1.24 percent.

Source: www.energynewsafrica.com