Politician E T Mensah Passed Away At 77 (Details)

&NewLine;<p>E T Mensah&comma; a politician from Ghana and a former representative for Ningo Prampram in the Greater Accra Region&comma; has away at the age of 77&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>After a protracted illness&comma; E T Mensah passed away in South Africa on the evening of Sunday&comma; October 1&comma; 2023&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Age-wise&comma; he was 77&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>E T Mensah&comma; a senior politician and a five-term Ningo Prampram member of parliament&comma; was essential to the development of Ghana into the country it is today&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Peace be upon him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Biography of politician E T Mensah<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;occupygh&period;com&sol;file&sol;occupygh&sol;2023&sol;10&sol;m7F3LBa9-ET-Mensah-jpg&period;webp" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-187044" &sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Politician Enoch Teye Mensah&comma; sometimes known as E T Mensah&comma; was born in Ghana on May 17&comma; 1946&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>From January 1997 to January 2017&comma; he served as Ghana&&num;8217&semi;s Minister of Education and a Parliamentary Delegate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Mensah was born in Ghana&&num;8217&semi;s Greater Accra Region on May 17&comma; 1946&comma; in Prampram&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>His early education was received at the SNAPS College of Accountancy&comma; where he eventually graduated in 1968&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>In addition&comma; he received his RSA III in 1970&comma; and in 1986&comma; he was elected a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>E T Mensah was an accounting officer who served as the accounting officer at the University of Ghana&comma; Legon&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He served as the long-time Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly &lpar;AMA&rpar;&comma; which is equivalent to being the Mayor of the City of Accra&comma; under the PNDC military administration in Ghana&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>E&period;T&period; Mensah joined the National Democratic Congress after its founding in 1992&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He later ran for Ningo Prampram in the 1996 elections for the Ghanaian parliament on the NDC platform&comma; winning the race and his first term&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He would ultimately occupy the position for exactly two decades&comma; winning five times in a row&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Sam George defeated Mensah in the NDC primary on November 21&comma; 2015&comma; ending his two-decade reign&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Prior to the 2008 parliamentary elections in Ghana&comma; he previously held the position of Minority Chief Whip in the House&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>He was appointed majority chief whip in the legislature in January 2009&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>E T Mensah&comma; a politician who is married and has seven children&comma; was given the Companion of the Order of the Volta by former president John Agyekum Kufuor&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Source<&sol;strong>&colon; <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;OccupyGh&period;com">OccupyGh&period;com<&sol;a> <&sol;p><p class&equals;"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;chat&period;whatsapp&period;com&sol;JVGCtXdCoiKHCI3CXwMC5l" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener">Tap To Join Our<&sol;a> WhatsApp Community<&sol;p> &NewLine;

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