After settling at Kengen, Joseph named his son after a Dutch missionary he worked with, Fr.

Mensah attended the local school and sat the Common Entrance Examination at Axim.

He completed Cambridge Overseas School Certificate GCE Ordinary Level equivalent in 1955.

As a Member of Parliament, it was reported that he advised the youth of the Jomoro area to refrain from chieftaincy affairs at a fundraising ceremony organised by the youth at Tikobo Number 2 in January 1981 but rather direct their efforts towards the development of the area.

[7] His input was curtailed by the coup of 31 December 1981 which brought Jerry Rawlings and the Provisional National Defence Council to power in Ghana.

On his return to Ghana after a period of absence, living in England, USA, and Ivory Coast, he worked with his local Jomoro Rural Bank Tikobo 1 which he was instrumental in setting up in 1981, as Chairman of the Board of Directors.

[8] Investments of the bank rose from GH¢744,149 in 2006 to GH¢808,242 in 2007 and advanced loans to GH¢652,292 from GH¢512,872 in the previous year, an increase of 21.27 per cent.