Former Old Tafo MP, Dr. Anthony Osei Akoto dies

Former MP Tafo Lawas, Dr. Anthony Osei Akoto passed away

Former Member of Parliament for Tafo Lawas constituency in the Ashanti Region, Dr Anthony Osei Akoto has died.

This was announced through the Parliament’s Facebook Page on Monday, March 20, 2023.

Details of the death of the 69-year-old former Finance Minister are not known.

“Former MP Tafo Lawas, Hon. Dr. Anthony Osei Akoto passed away. May he rest in peace,” the Ghanaian parliamentarian posted.

Dr. Akoto Osei is an Economist by profession. On March 27, 2002, he became a member of the board of management of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Ltd. Previously, he worked as an associate professor at Dillard University (USA) and before that he was a research assistant at the Center for Policy Analysis (Ghana). .

Osei was appointed deputy minister of Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and became the government’s chief economic adviser. He was appointed as the substantive Minister of Finance and Economic Planning after the death of Minister Kwadwo Baah Wiredu.

He served in that role until January 6, 2009 when the government was handed over to the Democratic National Congress which won the 2008 General Election.

In February 2017, Osei was sworn in as Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation after being nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo and going through a vetting process in Ghana’s parliament.

The Ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation is a newly created Ministry to evaluate, monitor and plan review meetings and forums to complete government policies on evaluating the progress of the ministry itself.

In May 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo named Anthony Akoto Osei as part of the nineteen ministers who will form his cabinet. The names of the 19 ministers were sent to the Parliament of Ghana and announced by the Speaker of the House, Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye.

As a cabinet minister, Anthony Akoto Osei is part of the presidency and assists in key decision-making activities in the country.

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