NPP MP FOR KUMAWU, PHILIP BASOAH IS DEAD

The three-time MP is reported to have died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital on Tuesday morning.

He died at the age of 53.

He was one of the absentee MPs in Parliament on Friday, when the House voted on the approval of six ministerial nominees and two justices of the Supreme Court.

Philip Basoah came to Parliament in 2017 after he won convincingly in the 2016 elections.

Prior to becoming a Member of Parliament, he was a Chief Executive for the Sekyere East District from June 2005 to January 2009 and was also a tutor at the Agogo State College.