Former Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram constituency and Council of State member, ET Mensah has died aged 77.
Ahotor News understands he died in South Africa last night after battling ill-health for some time.
Enoch Teye Mensah (born 17 May 1946) was a Minister for Education and a Member of Parliament in Ghana from January 1997 till January 2017.
He was popularly referred to as ET Mensah and was married with seven children.
During the time of the PNDC military regime in Ghana, he was the long-time Chief Executive of the Accra Metropolitan Assembly (AMA), akin to being the Mayor of the City of Accra.
He joined the National Democratic Congress when it was formed in 1992.
He also stood for the parliamentary election in 1996 and was elected MP for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, holding the seat for almost a decade.
After the NDC lost the 2000 elections, he continued as a member of parliament.
Mensah lost the NDC primaries to Sam George on 21 November 2015.
He once served as the Minority Chief Whip in parliament prior to the Ghanaian parliamentary election in 2008.
In January 2009, he became the Majority Chief Whip in Parliament.
At the beginning of the Fourth Republic, he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports.
Mensah held that position through both terms of the Jerry John Rawlings government.
In January 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle, President John Atta Mills appointed him Minister for Employment and Social Welfare.
Damrifa due.
Nante yie
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