Report reaching Ghanaguardian.com indicates, Member of Parliament (MP) for Ayawaso West in Accra, Emmanuel Kyeremanteng Agyarko is dead.

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) MP, who is brother of former Energy Minister Boakye Agyarko passed on at a hospital in the United States after a protracted ailment, the report says.

Mr Kyeremanteng Agyarko was a pharmacist, medical doctor, and a politician born on December 10, 1957 at Odumase Krobo in the Eastern Region of Ghana.

He had a Bachelor in Pharmacy which he obtained at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) in the year 1982.

Emmanuel Agyarko worked as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Food and Drugs Authority Head Quarters in Accra.

He was married with seven children and died at age 61.

Source: Ghanaguardian.com