Former Old Tafo MP Anthony Osei Akoto has passed away.

The former minister of state in charge of monitoring and evaluation passed away on Monday, 20 March 2023.

The circumstances of his death are sketchy for now.

His passing was announced on the Facebook page of the parliament of Ghana.

He was 69 years old.

Mr Osei was in the cabinet of former President John Agyekum Kufuor as Minister of State for Finance and Economic Planning.

He became a member of the Management Board of Merchant Bank (Ghana) Ltd, in March 2002. 

Prior, he served as an Associate Professor at Dollard University (USA) and as a Research Assistant at the Center for Policy Analysis (Ghana).

In May, 2017, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo named Honourable Anthony Akoto Osei as part of 19 ministers to form his cabinet.