The ruling New Patriotic Party says it will not have any worries with veteran politician and staunch member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) E.T Mensah, being part of the Council of State to advise President Akufo Addo.
Hon. E.T Mensah has joined the race to be elected as the Greater Accra representative of the Council of State.
The elections are scheduled to be held today, Thursday, February 16.
A notice of poll published by the Electoral Commission, confirms Mr. E.T Mensah’s participation in the election. The former Sports Minister’s picture appears fourth on the right column.
The regional elections was originally scheduled to be held on Thursday, February 9, but the EC had to postpone it to allow the municipal, metropolitan and district assemblies prepare adequately for the exercise.
The Council of State consists of one representative from each region of Ghana, elected in accordance with regulations made by the EC under article 51 of Ghana’s constitution by an electoral college comprising two representatives from each of the districts in the region, nominated by the District Assemblies in the region, and eleven other members appointed by the President.
His inclusion in the Council of State election has come as a surprise to a section of the public as E.T Mensah is known to be a dyed in the wool NDC member.
But Acting General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu stated that should E.T Mensah be elected a member of the Council of State, his advise can’t be forced down President Akufo Addo’s throat.
“It shouldn’t be surprising to anyone should E.T Mensah to be elected as a member of the Council of State. If he advises President Akufo Addo, he may decide to take the advice or not. I believe if someone rises to that high level of having to advise a President, that person’s partisanship though may surface, he/she should look at the vision of the sitting president and advise him based on that. If E.T Mensah after being in public office close to three decades still wants to contribute to nation building, his fate will be decided by the electoral college that will be put together on voting day. We need that social engineering, that is why the NPP wants MMDCEs to be elected such that NPP could be in government but will have an NDC member being the MCE or DCE in an area…this will reduce tension in our politics.”
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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@ Hash,Jack,TT You see when we have people like you guys in Ghana the country will never move to anywhere, you guys are pure ***barred word*** that is why we are still here. Your advise and selfishness will not end anywhere so stop writing long grammar here. Are you guys wiser than Nana Addo???? SHM.
The exhibition of poor judgement by the Council of State during the Jon Mahama term should tell every Ghanaian that we do not need this appointed Council of State ; let alone appoint this NDC Krook ET Mensah ; the man is an old tired PNDC/NDC political manipulator who have for many years worked under JJ Rawlings to Jon Mahama and made a point of getting involved in every contract to get 'NOKOFIO' ; the man has been involved in deals from the Sports Ministry to the STL housing saga ; Jon Boadu should careful about ET Mensah because the mabn will be a planted spy within the Council of State and will passing on information to the JJ Rawklings and the NDC ; Kofi Adams was assigned that same role by JJ Rawlings and we all know what happened to the NDC ; PLEASE NPP DO NOT CONDONE ET MENSAH BECAUSE WE ARE TRYING TO BUILD A NATION !!!!!!NOT WRECK A NATION ; the upper chamber is not for people who have been in government for years and the country have gone NOWHERE !!!!!; NANA ADDO BE CAREFUL ABOUT THIS MAN ET MENSAH OOOOOOOO!!!!!
It would be good as it strengthens our democracy, but with the African mentality, He will be there as Agenda leaking information to his people (NDC)Beware of these people
Needless council of state. There's already a cabinet and an attorney general,so why this duplication or triplication of role by a council of state? Furthermore the president is not bound by the decision of the council. What's the point then? This is just another avenue to drink big tea and big meat pie and collect fat salaries and allowances and waste the nation's money!