[ 2021-02-11 ]

E T Mensah

E.T. Mensah throws in bid to serve under Akufo-Addo
Former Ningo-Prampram Member of Parliament Enoch
Teye Mensah has thrown in a bid yet again to
contest Friday’s Council of State elections in
the Greater Accra Region.

According to the former Youth and Sports Minister,
this is the right time “to offer myself to the
service of the nation through our dear president
of the Republic of Ghana”.

E. T. Mensah, as he is affectionately called, made
the disclosure to Media General’s Evelyn Tengmaa
in an interview on Wednesday, February 10.

It will be the second time the founder member of
the National Democratic Congress (NDC) is offering
himself up to be elected as a member of the
Council of State.

In 2017, he had to withdraw his bid despite the
headlines it generated due to his affiliation with
the country’s major opposition party.

He said the time was simply not up for him then.

“Optimism is my watchword,” he noted,
“whatever I do I am optimistic about the
outcome.”

“That is why I didn’t jump in the last time. I
studied the situation and I studied the
atmosphere. Even though my supporters were urging
me, I surprised them. That’s why I dropped my
resignation.

“This time around they can be sure that I will
be in throughout to the end and I believe that by
the grace of the almighty I will prevail.”

Until 2017, ET Mensah had served in each of the
six Parliaments of the Fourth Republic. He was
ousted in the NDC primaries the preceding year by
Sam George Nartey, who has since been reelected.

ET Mensah believes this is an opportune time to
make his services available to the nation in a
different capacity.

“My persuasion is that we must work hard at any
level that we can to support the leadership of the
nation to achieve the set objectives and at the
end of the day, [Ghana] will be richer.”

On whether his affiliation with the NDC could work
against him, he said the composition of the
Council is without recourse to political parties.

It is about the experience, he reiterated.

Source - 3 News

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