J.H. Mensah causing ripples in Government

The Independent claims there is growing agitation amongst some Ministers of State and other Parliamentarian on the proper designation of Joseph Henry Mensah, the Majority Leader and Leader of Government Business in Parliament, The Independent has learnt.

The Independent says credible government sources have hinted that Hon. Mensah is overstepping his bounds as leader of Government Business in Parliament and virtually usurping the functions of some Ministries.

Since his swearing in as a Cabinet Minister, Hon. Mensah has been carrying himself as Leader of Government Business, a position, which makes him the unofficial Prime Minister of Ghana, the Independent gathered.

The paper says it’s investigations established that J.H. Mensah's self arrogated role is causing much discomfort to the President who had on two occasions had to invite the senior most member of his government on the need to carry his official tag as the Leader of Government Business in Parliament.

By proper designation, the Leader of Government Business in Parliament is supposed to liaise between Government and Parliament similar to the Minister of Parliamentary Affairs in the last regime, but the Hon. Minister is virtually a master of all he surveys. According to the paper, it can say on authority that he is on the neck of the Ministries of Finance, Trade and Industry and the Economic Planning and Regional Integration where he has imposed himself as the boss.

The sector Ministers, according to credible source, expressed serious reservations about the conduct of Hon. Mensah during the last meeting of the Cabinet but failed to unleash their anger on him because he was absent at the said meeting.