Hon. ISAAC ADJEI MENSAH (MP)
Isaac Adjei Mensah was born on Tuesday 26 March 1963. He hails from Dompim Number 1, a town in the Western Region of Ghana. He entered the University of Ghana in 1988 and obtained his bachelor’s degree in Sociology in 1991. He later proceeded to the University of Tromsø, Norway in 1992 for his post graduate studies. He graduated in 1997 with his MBA in Public Policy.
CAREER
From the year 1998 – 2000. Hon. Adjei Mensah served as the Western Regional Chairman for the Lands Commission and later moved on to work as Human Resource Manager for Wassa Golden Star Mines. Subsequently he served a Regional Human Resource Manager for Newmont Ghana Limited from 2006 to 2012. Hon. Adjei Mensah was appointed Deputy Minister for Roads and Highways, and served as such from 2013 – 2016. He currently serves as Chairman for the Parliamentary Committee for Roads and Highways.
political background
Hon. Isaac Adjei Mensah is a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). In 2012, he contested for the Wassa East seat on the ticket of the NDC and won. He was elected once again in 2016 to represent the constituency in the seventh parliament of the fourth republic. In parliament he has served on various committees, some of which include; the Education Committee, the House Committee and the Special Budget Committee.
His motivation
His motivation lies in his vision of seeing improvement through infrastructural development and harnessing of innovative ideas to bring about substantial development in the Wassa East District and Ghana as a whole.