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Former Ningo Prampram MP ET Mensah Dead

The former Member of Parliament for Ningo Prampram Constituency, Enoch Teye Mensah affectionately called ET Mensah has passed on.

He is reported to have died on Sunday, October 2, 2023, outside the country.

Reports say he was receiving treatment at a medical facility in South Africa when the unfortunate incident struck.

The former Sports Minister was 77 years.

ET Mensah attended the SNAPS College of Accountancy and completed in 1968; he had his RSA III in 1970; and he became a fellow of the Institute of Financial Accountants in 1986.

Following this, he worked at the University of Ghana, Legon as Accounting Officer.

He was appointed Mayor of Accra by the Provisional National Defence Council during the Council’s military regime.

He later contested for the Parliamentary seat of Ningo Prampram on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 1996 and won.

He served as the Minister for Youth and Sports under late former President Jerry Rawling and was appointed Minister for Employment and Social Welfare by late former President John Evans Atta Mills.

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