Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has expressed his shock over the death of former Old Tafo MP Dr Anthony Akoto Osei.[ads2]
The former minister of Monitoring and Evaluation was announced dead by parliament on Monday, March 20, 2023.
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In a social media post, Dr Bawumia believes Dr Akoto Osei’s dedication to Ghana was unmatched.
“I have heard with shock the passing of Hon. Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei, former MP and Minister of the Republic.[ads3]
“Dr. was a very good friend and one of the people I worked closely with as a Deputy Governor and Vice President of the Republic. His dedication to serving mother Ghana was unpaired and his fidelity to the country’s development was unquestionable.
“I paid him a visit just a few weeks ago and was happy that he was doing much better. The news of his passing has therefore come as a complete shock. The Lord gives and the Lord takes away. I am happy to have had a brother in you and to have worked with you. Rest in peace, my brother.”
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.[ads4]
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.
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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]
