Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has paid homage to former Old Tafo Member of Parliament, Dr. Anthony Akoto Osei.
Dr. Bawumia termed the death of the former Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation as a “complete shock” in a social media post.
Dr. Akoto Osei passed away on March 20, 2023.
During President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s first term, from 2017 to 2021, he served as a Member of Parliament for the Old Tafo Constituency for 16 years and as Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation.
“His dedication to serving mother Ghana was unpaired and his fidelity to the country’s development was unquestionable”, the Vice President also wrote.
Dr. Bawumia described the late politician as a personal friend, recalling how he worked closely with Dr. Akoto Osei as Vice President and as Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana.
In May 2003, Osei was appointed deputy minister of Finance and Economic Planning and served as the government’s chief economic adviser.
Upon the death of then-Minister Kwadwo Baah Wiredu, he was promoted to substantive Minister for Finance and Economic Planning.
He held that position until January 6, 2009, when the administration was handed over to the National Democratic Congress, which had won the General Elections in 2008.
After being nominated by President Nana Akufo-Addo and going through the vetting procedure in Ghana’s parliament, Osei was sworn in as Minister of Monitoring and Evaluation in February 2017.
The Monitoring and Evaluation Ministry was established to analyse, monitor, and prepare review summits and forums in accordance with the government’s policy on monitoring the work of its own ministries.
In May 2017, President Nana Akufo-Addo selected Anthony Akoto Osei to his cabinet of nineteen ministers. The names of the 19 ministers were presented to Ghana’s Parliament and proclaimed by the House Speaker, Rt. Hon. Prof. Mike Ocquaye.
As a Cabinet minister, Anthony Akoto Osei was a member of the president’s inner circle and assisted in crucial decision-making operations in the country.
