Yaw Opoku Mensah

Also known as: Mr Opoku Mensah

Yaw Opoku Mensah — spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, responding to current government policies on education matters.

2026-06-112026-10-20

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October 2026
19 OctJoy Online
… Yaw Opoku Mensah alleged that the flight expenditure formed part of a total GH¢49.7 million cost for the exercise and questioned a GH¢13.5 million difference between the reported bill and his own estimate. …
Adutwum’s spokesperson questions GH¢27m charter flight bill in Ablakwa’s GH¢49.7m evacuation exercise
18 OctJoy Online
… In a statement, Yaw Opoku Mensah questioned why the headmaster’s interdiction came only after ministerial intervention, despite provisions in the GES Code of Conduct that allow for interdiction when an employee’s continued stay at post could interfere with an investigation. …
Adutwum’s spokesperson demands GES Director-General’s accountability over Obuasi SHTS rape cases
5 OctJoy Online
… In a statement signed by Yaw Opoku Mensah, spokesperson for Dr Adutwum, the former minister’s office said the digital systems being advocated by the current Education Minister had already been developed and implemented within the GES. …
GES digitalisation already exists; restore discontinued platforms – Adutwum spokesperson
September 2026
25 SeptJoy Online
… According to Yaw Opoku Mensah, the two institutions, as important moral voices in the country, have a responsibility to speak when citizens’ rights and freedoms are at stake. …
Opoku Mensah urges Christian Council, House of Chiefs to speak up on democratic freedoms
21 SeptJoy Online
… According to Yaw Opoku Mensah, a disagreement over the admission numbers of about 60,000 students has resulted in delays in the release of funds to schools, creating financial difficulties for school authorities. …
Adutwum spokesperson alleges ‘turf war’ between Education Ministry and GES over Free SHS
16 SeptJoy Online
… According to Yaw Opoku Mensah, the reported arrangement, under which parents are being directed to purchase prospectus items in packages costing about GH¢1,700, defeats the purpose of the Free SHS policy. …
Prospectus charges defeat purpose of Free SHS – Adutwum’s spokesperson
12 SeptJoy Online
… Yaw Opoku Mensah was reacting to a publication attributed to Mr Iddrisu in which the Education Minister was quoted as saying, “The CSSPS system is not perfect, but I inherited it, and we’ve improved it.” He said the claim did not reflect the history of the system, insisting that …
Adutwum’s spokesperson challenges Haruna’s claim he inherited current CSSPS
8 SeptJoy Online
… According to Yaw Opoku Mensah, official records from the Ministry itself show that financial clearance was granted for the recruitment of teachers in 2024. …
Finance Ministry needs ‘refresher course’ in own records over GES recruitment – Adutwum’s spokesperson
August 2026
21 AugJoy Online
Spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, Yaw Opoku Mensah, has challenged the Education Minister’s spokesperson to verify his facts after he allegedly claimed on Joy Prime that no textbooks were developed or provided for the implementation of Ghana’s new cu …
Don’t be an agent of misinformation — Opoku Mensah warns Education Minister’s spokesperson
June 2026
11 JunJoy Online
… Author Yaw Opoku Mensah, former spokesperson, Ministry of Education.
When does personal conduct become institutional responsibility? The GES debate explained

Politics

Adutwum spokesperson challenges GH¢27m evacuation flight costs

The News

The spokesperson for former Education Minister Yaw Osei Adutwum has questioned the reported GH¢27 million expenditure on chartered flights during an evacuation exercise overseen by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, claiming based on his calculation that three batches of flights carrying 956 people from Pretoria to Accra should have cost about GH¢13.5 million and demanding documentation to justify the costs.

19 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Yesterday

Adutwum spokesperson challenges GH¢27m evacuation flight costs
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Yaw Osei Adutwum has questioned the reported GH¢27 million expenditure on chartered flights during an evacuation exercise overseen by Foreign Affairs Minister Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, claiming based on his calculation that three batches of flights carrying 956 people from Pretoria to Accra should have cost about GH¢13.5 million and demanding documentation to justify the costs.
19 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Sunday 18 October

Adutwum's spokesman urges GES accountability over Obuasi rape case delay
Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum's spokesperson has called on the Ghana Education Service Director-General to explain why the headmaster of Obuasi Senior High Technical School was interdicted only after ministerial intervention despite the GES Code of Conduct allowing for such action, questioning the delay that lasted more than nine weeks.
18 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 5 October

Former minister says GES digital platforms exist, need restoration
A spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has challenged claims that the Ghana Education Service relies heavily on manual processes, stating that digital platforms were introduced years ago and should be restored and improved rather than replaced with new systems. The response follows comments by the current Education Minister about manual data entry within GES, and references platforms including GES Recruitment and Promotions, Smart Workplace, and the Ghana Education Service Management Information System (GESMIS) introduced starting in 2017.
5 October 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 25 September

Adutwum aide calls on churches and chiefs to defend democratic freedoms
Yaw Opoku Mensah, spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has urged the Christian Council of Ghana and the National House of Chiefs to speak out against what he describes as erosion of democratic freedoms and the government's arrest of dissenting voices, arguing that their silence on such issues cannot be interpreted as neutrality.
25 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Monday 21 September

Education Ministry, GES in dispute over Free SHS admissions
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has alleged that a disagreement between the Ministry of Education and the Ghana Education Service over admission numbers of about 60,000 students is delaying fund releases to schools and forcing some to operate on credit. According to the statement, previously free items such as uniforms and housedresses are no longer being supplied to students by some schools.
21 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Wednesday 16 September

SHS prospectus charges undermine Free SHS policy, says Adutwum's aide
The spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum has criticised the sale of Senior High School prospectus items through Prospectus Ghana Limited at packages costing about GH¢1,700, saying the arrangement defeats the purpose of the Free SHS policy. The National Council of Parents-Teachers Associations has also urged parents not to pay and alleged the company lacks authorisation from the Ghana Education Service.
16 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Saturday 12 September

Adutwum aide disputes Iddrisu's inheritance claim on school placement system
Adutwum's spokesperson challenges Education Minister Iddrisu's assertion that he inherited the CSSPS, contending that the current application (COLDSIS) was introduced under the Mahama administration in 2025, not inherited, and that the government must therefore own both its successes and failures.
12 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Tuesday 8 September

Adutwum's spokesman disputes Finance Ministry's GES recruitment clearance claim
The Education Ministry's former spokesperson has rejected the Finance Ministry's assertion that 6,300 GES staff were recruited in 2024 without financial clearance, stating that official records show clearance was granted for the recruitment. The Finance Ministry had said Cabinet approval and financial clearance were issued in tranches after recruitment to address salary concerns.
8 September 2026 · Joy Online →

Friday 21 August

Former Education Minister's spokesperson challenges textbook distribution claims
Yaw Opoku Mensah, spokesperson for former Education Minister Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, disputed the current Education Minister's spokesperson's claim that no textbooks were developed for Ghana's new curriculum, citing official records showing 4,363,484 core-subject textbooks distributed to Junior High Schools and 9,559,367 to primary schools nationwide.
21 August 2026 · Joy Online →

Thursday 11 June

Opinion: Where should personal conduct end, institutional accountability begin?
A former Education Ministry spokesperson argues that the Nhyinahin Catholic Senior High School incident, which occurred in a privately managed hostel facility, involves private individuals and should be addressed through legal processes rather than drawn into GES institutional responsibility unless the alleged conduct connects to the teacher's official duties or school authority.
11 June 2026 · Joy Online →