A former minister who served under the John Atta Mills administration has died.
Kofi Opoku Manu, who was appointed as the Ashanti Regional Minister from 2009 till 2011, passed away in Accra earlier today.
According to family sources, he had been battling an undisclosed ailment for a while now, and finally succumbed.
He died at the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital.
Opoku Manu worked as the Chief Director at the Ministry of Finance for years before his appointment by the late President.
May he rest in peace.