The Late ET Mensah will be given a state burial in January, 2024. The family has confirmed the schedule for his final funeral and burial. A state burial, to be honored by the government, is set for 5th January 2024.
Kwabena Adey Coker, Chairman of the funeral planning committee, disclosed these details during a press conference on November 3, 2023, held at the residence of the late E.T. Mensah in Tema, Greater Accra Region.
The family, in conjunction with the government, the National Democratic Congress (NDC), and other stakeholders, arrived at the agreed-upon date.
ET Mensah To Be Given A State Burial In January 2024
The schedule outlined includes;
- A wake keeping on January 4, 2024, at E.T. Mensah’s residence in Ningo-Prampram.
- On January 5, he will lie in state at the forecourt of the State House in Accra.
- A thanksgiving service will be held on January 7 in Accra, hosted by the Methodist Church, Ghana, to honor E.T. Mensah.
The chairman acknowledged President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s decision to grant E.T. Mensah a state burial, commending the government’s unwavering support throughout the planning process.
ET Mensah, the Former Member of Parliament for the Ningo-Prampram constituency, died at age 77. He died in South Africa on 1st October, after battling ill-health for some time.
ET Mensah was a Minister for Education and a Member of Parliament in Ghana from January 1997 till January 2017
Enoch Teye Mensah(ET Mensah) is married with seven children
POLITICAL CAREER OF ET MENSAH
As Mayor of Accra
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.
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As a Member of Parliament
He also stood for the Ghanaian 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.
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As Minister of State
At the beginning of the Fourth Republic, he was appointed Minister for Youth and Sports by President Jerry Rawlings. Mensah held that position through both terms of the Rawlings government. In January 2010, after a cabinet reshuffle, President John Atta Mills appointed him Minister for Employment and Social Welfare.
Mensah was a member of the Pan-African Parliament until January 2009, when he resigned after being appointed a member of state. In January 2011, he was appointed Minister for Education following the resignation of Betty Mould-Iddrisu.
On 12 February 2021, Mensah was unanimously elected as the representative of Council of State for the Greater Accra Region