Bonsu begun as a teacher at the
Kumasi Presbyterian Middle School before joining the Kumasi branch of U. T. C. as a Departmental Store Manager. This was as a result of the seat being vacant due to a law in parliament at the time that deprived members of parliament of their seat if they were unable to be present in parliament for ten (10) consecutive days. The former occupant of the seat,
R. R. Amponsah, fell victim to this fate as he was detained while being trialled at the time for allegedly plotting with M. K. Apaloo to overthrow Nkrumah. and a year later, he was appointed Chief of State Protocol for the
Queen when she visited
Ghana. In June that same year, he was moved to head the Ministry of Pensions and National Insurance. A month later, he was made member of parliament for the Adotobri constituency. He served in these capacities in the
Nkrumah government until Nkrumah was overthrown in February 1966. ==See also==