General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress has made
chilling revelations about leader of the New Patriotic Party in parliament,
Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu’s past life which has made it difficult for him to be
considered for Ministerial appointment since President Kufour’s time.
According to General Mosquito,
he was in parliament with Kyei Mensah Bonsu when the actual issues surrounding
how he changed his name from Lawrence Addae to Osei Kyei Mensah Bonsu came up,
revealing that the Suame lawmaker knows “we know everything” hence he settles
for parliamentary leadership instead of minister. “He goes where there is no
vetting”.
In the interview monitored by
Mynewsghana, Asiedu Nketia said this “dark” hidden past of Osei Kyei Mensah
Bonsu is why he has always stayed in parliamentary leadership to serve his
party without lobbying for ministerial appointment which will require him to be
publicly vetted and where the issue could be used against him.
According to various reports in
the past, the former Majority leader, Hon. Osei Kyei Mensah-Bonsu is said to be
coy when it comes to any discussion of his days in secondary school where he
was allegedly suspended for alleged burglary and unruly activities.
A letter of suspension from St.
Peters Secondary School (a school he is said to have attended in the mid 1970s)
for allegedly breaking into the school’s stores among others.
A letter was written to his father, one Mr. J.K
Addae, by the Assistant Headmaster, informing him of his ward’s activities in
the school. The suspension letter urged the cooperation of his parents for the
suspension over their son’s conduct.
The reports said his original name was actually
Lawrence Addae before the alleged incident which earned him disgrace in his
teenage years until he decided to put his past behind, turn a good lead and
gained admission into the then University Science and Technology (now known as
the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology KNUST) for a Bachelor’s
degree in Designing.
He allegedly changed his name from Lawrence Addae to Osei
Kyei Mensah-Bonsu in the late 1970s as contained in a circular disseminated by
the then Director of Academic responsible for Students Affairs. The circular
was numbered 2573/Vol.1 of August 9, 1979.
He is also alleged to have
changed his course from Designing to Planning immediately after he changed his
name, but gave an excuse for changing course as his difficulty in understanding
certain aspects of Designing.
This past is now coming back to
haunt him.
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