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Philip Basoah died on Monday, March 27 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, where he had been on admission for a serious ailment.
He was one of the three MPs absent at last Friday’s voting on the ministerial nominees of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
In a tweet on Tuesday morning, the Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh confirmed his death.
He died at the age of 53 at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.
Philip Atta Basoah was conspicuously missing in parliament last Friday, March 24, 2023, during a critical vote to confirm ministerial appointees of President Akufo-Addo.
Neither his Personal Assistant nor anyone close to him knew his whereabouts until his room was forcibly opened, only to find him collapsed.
He was rushed to the hospital in a coma but passed away while plans were underway to fly him out for further care.
Basoah, in parliament on the ticket of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), was in Parliament on Thursday, March 23, to participate in parliamentary work.
The next day, Friday, was deemed critical where the Majority and Minority caucuses needed their full members to vote, given their then-avowed positions to vote en-bloc either for or against the appointments.
Basoah was missing, along with two other MPs, and frantic efforts by his colleagues to both delay the voting process and locate him yielded no results.
Voting eventually proceeded, and the results, expected to be split in the middle based on their equal representation, turned out an anti-climax as many of the minorities joined their Majority colleagues to vote to approve the appointees.
By uniquenewsgh.com
