Peacefmonline.com can confirm that former Ghanaian politician and economist, Joseph Henry Mensah has died at the age of 89.
J.H Mensah, born on 31st October 1928 was a founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party and served in three different ministerial positions under the John Agyekum Kufuor administration.
PROFILE
Joseph Henry Mensah (born 31 October 1928) is a former Ghanaian politician and economist.
Education
J.H Mensah attended the University of the Gold Coast (now University of Ghana) between 1948 and 1954. He then headed to University of London then Stanford University, where he earned his both a bachelor's and master's degree with a specialization in economic theory and development. In 1954, he became a Research Fellow in Economics at the University of Ghana, which lasted until 1958.
Political Career
J.H Mensah began working as an assistant Inspector of taxes in 1953 while the Gold Coast was still under colonial rule. In 1958, he joined the United Nations Secretariat at the Centre for Development Planning, Projections and Policies, in New York City, United States. J.H Mensah returned to Ghana in 1961 as the Head of Agency at the National Planning commission. The National Planning Commission drew and implemented the country's Seven-Year Development Plan (1962–1969).
In 1969, he was elected to parliament and became the Finance minister until 1972, when he was replaced by future Head of State Ignatius Kutu Acheampong after the military coup.
Post Coup
Beginning in 1974, Mensah worked in the private sector both in Ghana and abroad. He was imprisoned by the National Redemption Council from 1975 to 1978. Although banned from political activity in 1979, he was active for the Popular Front Party in the 1979 elections.
He also served as Chairman of the Sunyani District Council in Brong-Ahafo Region (1979–1981), and proprietor of Banka Farms.
Exiled in England, in 1983 he headed a group opposing the PNDC. He also served on the African Advisory Council of the African Development Bank from 1993 to 1997.
In December 1996, Mensah contested a parliamentary seat in Sunyani East District as a member of the New Patriotic Party, which he won. He was re-elected in 2000.
Prior to John Kufuor's election in 2001, Mensah was the minority leader in Parliament.
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May your soul rest in peace. You were an illustrious, brainy and one of the pillars of the Ghanaian democracy. Though the earth will swallow your mortal remains very soon, your indefatigable political contributions will continue to leave with us.
Indeed, a live well lived.May his perfect soul rest in peace.
So ECG needs $1 billion but because of IMF, gov't cannot raise borrow the $1 billion although of the strength of it's valuation with liabilities of Ghc7.6 billion, it is a healthy company. So they tell you, there is about $500 million dollars from a compact, leaving a shortfall of $500 million which ECG must still inject into it's operations. In comes, the for profit private sector to take charge of your electricity distribution network following the block by IMF, from you raising the funds to address your identified challenges in your distribution network, if they even exist, just when you are on the verge of fully unleashing your economic potential through your policies, with a 20 year window(and anything at all can happen), where effectively, you would be getting $300 million dollars from the compact(minus the tax waiver)+ the $580 from the for profit private sector(any waiver's)+your counterpart funding. Does it still amount to the $1 billion dollars needed to turn around the so-called misfortunes of your distribution network? Where would that difference come from? And if you don't get it or it's difficult to get it, what happens? The way forward on the strength of the company is quite clear, and this path does not address the so-called challenges of ECG. This is off topic but I can't post on Ghanaweb under that article so posting it here. May J.H rest in perfect peace.
REST WELL IN THE BOSOM OF YOUR MAKER.YOU DID YOUR BEST FOR MOTHER GHANA. NANTE YIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
He was classy and brilliant. A strong pillar in Odumasi and Sunyani communities. You served those communities and Ghana well. RIP paapa as my brother called you.
Rest in Peace JH. One of our nation's finest brains and politicians. That parliament in which he was the minority leader (with JH Owusu Acheampong on the NDC side) was arguably the best parliament of the 4th Republic. Hopefully our historians are documenting our political history for posterity. Farewell Senior.
Papa, da yie, Nyame nfa wo nsie dwodwodwooo.
We should also be mentioning that He was the elder of the ex first Lady Mrs. Theresa Kuffour and brother in law and mentor of ex President Kuffour thanks
Obra twa owuo. you have paid your dues. Rest well grandpa. Damirifa due!!
RIP SENIOR MINISTER. YOU SERVED MOTHER GHANA WELL WITH DISTINCTION.