The former Member of Parliament for Old Tafo constituency, in the Ashanti Region, Dr Anthony Osei Akoto is reported dead.
His death was announced by the Parliament of Ghana on its verified Facebook handle on Monday, March 20, 2023.
“Former Old Tafo MP, Hon. Dr Anthony Osei Akoto passes away. May he rest in peace,” the announcement read, adding, “May he rest in peace.”
He was 69 years.
The former Minister of State, according to Newstitbits.com’s sources, has been unwell for sometime.
He was on admission at a private facility in Accra from where he was referred to a tertiary hospital where he passed on.
Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei was a banker and politician. Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning.
He also worked as Deputy Minister for Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and was a major economic adviser to the government.
The former New Patriotic Party legislator was the Minister for Monitoring and Evaluation in the first term of President Akufo-Addo between 2017 and 2021.
He served as Member of Parliament for Tafo Pankrono from January 2005 to January 2021.
He obtained a PhD from Howard University in 1987.
