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E.T Mensah steps down from Council of State election

In a letter written addressed to the Regional Election Director, the founding member of the opposition NDC cited personal reasons for stepping down.
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Former Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram Constituency Enoch Teye Mensah has withdrawn from the election of the members Council of State.

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He was contesting in Thursday’s (February 16, 2017) election to represent the Greater Accra Region on the Council.

The letter dated February 15, 2017, to the Regional Director of the Electoral Commission, Ghana (EC) said: “I wish to inform you of my decision to withdraw from the Council of State for the Greater Accra Region.”

He was one of the 16 candidates who was successfully cleared by the EC to contest the Greater Accra Region elections. It is to be held at the Ga West District Assembly Hall in Amasaman.

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This leaves 15 contestants to vie for the single slot.

Already, 15 persons are awaiting the 10 to be elected on Thursday to constitute the Council that will counsel President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

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