On Tuesday, March 28, 2023, an NPP MP who represented Kumawu in the Ashanti Region passed away. On the morning of March 24, 2023, he was discovered unresponsive in his room on the day of a crucial vote in Parliament to approve Akufo-Addo’s ministers.
The cause of death is yet to be determined by family sources, but he died at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital early Tuesday. The New Patriotic Party (NPP), which is currently in power, has suffered the loss of one of its representatives in Parliament.
The party’s legislator for Kumawu in the Ashanti Region, Philip Atta Basoah, has passed away. Sources close to the family have told Joy News that he passed away at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital. This information was included in a report that was published by Joy News.
After being discovered unresponsive in his room on Friday, March 24, 2023, Philip Basoah passed away early the following Tuesday morning, March 28, 2023. The authorities do not yet have enough information to determine what caused the person’s death.
After the vote to confirm the ministerial appointments of six ministers by President Nana Akufo-Addo on last Friday, when the MP was absent, a frantic search to find him ensued, according to one report about his death. The vote was to confirm the ministerial appointments.
According to a report that was published by Joy News, “Neither his personal assistant nor anyone else who was close to him knew his whereabouts until his room was forcibly opened, only to find him collapsed.” Philip Basoah passed away at the age of 53.