Vincent Sowah Odotei
MP
Deputy Minister of Communications
In office
March 2017 – April 2020
PresidentNana Akufo-Addo
Succeeded byAlex Kodwo Kom Abban
Personal details
BornLa-Accra, Greater Accra,Ghana
Political partyNew Patriotic Party
Children3
OccupationVaried Profession
CabinetMinister

Vincent Sowah Odotei is a Ghanaian politician and the Member of Parliament of La Dadekotopon in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. He is a member of the New Patriotic Party was the deputy minister for communications in Ghana until his appointment was terminated on April 6, 2020, by President Nana Akufo-Addo.[1][2][3][4][5]

He defeated Hon. Nii Amasah Namoale in the 2016 elections.[6]

Early life and education

Vincent Odotei was born on 5 May 1968 in Accra. He holds a B.A from the University of Ghana and Post Graduate Diploma from Graduate School of Business University of Strathclyde Scotland.[7]

Current involvement

Vincent Sowah Odotei was at the just ended World Summit Awards Grand Jury held in Accra, Ghana held from November 3, 2018, to November 7, 2018, where he expressed his ministry's willingness to partner the private sector for development.[8]

Politics

Hon. Vincent Odotei is a member of New Patriotic Party and was a member of parliament for Dade kotopon (Ghana parliament constituency) in the Greater Accra Region in the Seventh Parliament of the Fourth Republic of Ghana.[7]

2016 election

Hon. Vincent Odotei contested the Dade kotopon constituency parliamentary seat on the ticket of New Patriotic Party during the 2016 Ghanian general election and won with 40, 126 votes representing 50.58% of the total votes. He was elected over Nii Amasah Namoale of National Democratic Congress who polled 38, 504 votes which is equivalent to 48.54% and the parliamentary candidate for Convention People's Party Cynthia Akua Mensah had 697 votes representing 0.88% of the total votes.[9][10]

References

  1. ↑ Archived 2020-04-06 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ "Sowah Odotei axed as Okoe-Boye is Deputy Health Minister-designate". Myjoyonline. 6 April 2020. Archived from the original on April 6, 2020. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  3. ↑ "List of Akufo-Addo's 50 deputy ministers and four news ministers". Yen Ghana. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Akufo-Addo names 50 deputies, 4 ministers of state". Cifi FM Online. 15 March 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  5. ↑ "Akufo-Addo picks deputy ministers". Ghana Web. 20 February 2017. Retrieved 2 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Vincent Odotei Sowah floors Namoale to clinch La Dadekotokpon". Graphic Online. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2019-11-06.
  7. 1 2 "Vincent Sowah Odotei, Biography". GhanaWeb. Retrieved 2022-08-15.
  8. ↑ "GCNet Hosts World Summit Awards Innovation Days Meeting". Modern Ghana. 2018-11-21. Retrieved 2019-01-26.
  9. ↑ FM, Peace. "Dade Kotopon Constituency Results - Election 2016". Ghana Elections - Peace FM. Retrieved 2023-11-03.
  10. ↑ "Namoale loses La Dadekotopon seat". GhanaWeb. 2016-12-08. Retrieved 2023-11-03.


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