Prez describes JH Mensah as 'a genuine democrat' 

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has commiserated with the family of the late Joseph Henry Mensah who died on Thursday (July 12), at the 37 Military Hospital and has promised to duly honour him.

President Akufo-Addo on his Facebook timeline and in series of tweets described the late J.H. Mensah as a “fine public servant and a genuine democrat.”

The president said, he is greatly saddened by the news of the death of Joseph Henry Mensah, affectionately called JH.

He described the late JH Mensah as a fine public servant, and a genuine democrat and his greatest mentors, and a valued and trusted counsellor. 

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I am greatly saddened by the news of the death of Joseph Henry Mensah, affectionately ‘JH’ to me and many, many others. Ghana has lost a staunch patriot, a fine public servant, and a genuine democrat. 1/5</p>— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href="https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1017473589975638017?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I have lost one of my greatest mentors, and a valued and trusted counsellor – one who has been a source of inspiration and wise counsel for me, for well over 40 years, until the unfortunate illness of his last year. I am bereft that I cannot have access to JH again. 2/5</p>— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href="https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1017473598112632832?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Huge, brilliant mind, vast experience, he had an unrelenting commitment to the rapid development of Ghana, and believed firmly in the capacity of the Ghanaian people to build a progressive and prosperous nation. 3/5</p>— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href="https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1017473601421959168?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">May his soul rest and abide in the bosom of the Almighty until the Last Day of the Resurrection when we shall all meet again. 5/5</p>— Nana Akufo-Addo (@NAkufoAddo) <a href="https://twitter.com/NAkufoAddo/status/1017473606706716672?ref_src=twsrc^tfw">July 12, 2018</a></blockquote>
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The 89-year-old veteran politician died on Thursday at the 37 Military Hospital in Accra where he had been on admission for ill health. 

He is a founding member of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) and served as both Majority and Minority Leader in Ghana’s Parliament.

His last top government position was in 2005 when he was appointed Senior Minister by President John Agyekum Kufuor.

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