E T Mensah, a politician from Ghana and a former representative for Ningo Prampram in the Greater Accra Region, has away at the age of 77.
After a protracted illness, E T Mensah passed away in South Africa on the evening of Sunday, October 1, 2023.
Age-wise, he was 77.
E T Mensah, a senior politician and a five-term Ningo Prampram member of parliament, was essential to the development of Ghana into the country it is today.
Peace be upon him.
Biography of politician E T Mensah
Politician Enoch Teye Mensah, sometimes known as E T Mensah, was born in Ghana on May 17, 1946.
From January 1997 to January 2017, he served as Ghana’s Minister of Education and a Parliamentary Delegate.
Mensah was born in Ghana’s Greater Accra Region on May 17, 1946, in Prampram.
His early education was received at the SNAPS College of Accountancy, where he eventually graduated in 1968.
In addition, he received his RSA III in 1970, and in 1986, he was elected a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants.
E T Mensah was an accounting officer who served as the accounting officer at the University of Ghana, Legon.
He served as the long-time Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), which is equivalent to being the Mayor of the City of Accra, under the PNDC military administration in Ghana.
E.T. Mensah joined the National Democratic Congress after its founding in 1992.
He later ran for Ningo Prampram in the 1996 elections for the Ghanaian parliament on the NDC platform, winning the race and his first term.
He would ultimately occupy the position for exactly two decades, winning five times in a row.
Sam George defeated Mensah in the NDC primary on November 21, 2015, ending his two-decade reign.
Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections in Ghana, he previously held the position of Minority Chief Whip in the House.
He was appointed majority chief whip in the legislature in January 2009.
E T Mensah, a politician who is married and has seven children, was given the Companion of the Order of the Volta by former president John Agyekum Kufuor.
Source: OccupyGh.com
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