Rockson-Nelson Dafeamekpor, the member of parliament for South Dayi has eulogized former MP for Old Tafo, Dr Anthony Akoto Osei who passed away yesterday.[ads2]
His death was announced on the official Facebook page of the Parliament of Ghana on Monday, March 20.
“Former Old Tafo MP, Hon. Dr Anthony Osei Akoto passes away. May he rest in peace,” Parliament announced.
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In a tweet eulogizing the former Minister of state for finance, Dafeamekpor said, “One of the few men who took it upon themselves to tutor me in the ways of House & the rudiments of law-making and the mechanics of legislative drafting in the 7th Parliament. You were such an outstanding Parliamentarian. Fare thee well, sir.[ads3]
Dr Akoto Osei was in the cabinet of President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning.
He served as MP for Old Tafo in the Ashanti region and also worked as deputy minister for Finance and Economic Planning in May 2003 and was a major economic adviser to the government.
He was elevated to substantive Minister for Finance and Economic Planning after the death of the then Minister Kwadwo Baah Wiredu.
Dr Akoto Osei served in that role until 6 January 2009 when the government was handed over to the National Democratic Congress who had won the 2008 General Elections.[ads4]
In February 2017, Osei was sworn in as Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation after being nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo and going through the vetting process in the parliament of Ghana.
The ministry of Monitoring and Evaluation was a newly created Ministry to evaluate, monitor and plan review summits and forums in fulfillment of the government’s policies on evaluating the progress of its own ministries.[ads5]
