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Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has sounded a clarion call for educators and educationists in the various universities of Ghana to abstain from partisan politics. His Majesty sees an inundated benefit the State can reap from the various universities which he described as the “storehouse of knowledge, the laboratory for research, cultivation and discovery of answers to the social and physical needs of society.” These time-tested abilities held by universities, he indicated, are not realized in Ghana due to partisan […]
Inasmuch as students’ success inspires educators in academia, Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II believes their failure must similarly weigh down on them. In a speech at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in the Central Region, he reminded them of their key role in producing a quality labour force to take over the affairs of the country to drive development. “You are integrated into society. Stay in tune with this force as it is possible to be. You are […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has received his 10th honorary doctorate degree from the University of Cape Coast (UCC). This honorary degree by UCC is its third to a traditional authority in Ghana after the Paramount Chief of Assin Owirenkyi Traditional Area, Ehunabobirim Pra Agyensaim VI and the Paramount Chief of Oguaa Traditional Area, Osabarima Kwesi Atta II. Otumfuo is therefore the first traditional leader outside the Central Region to get an honorary degree from the institution. Most Revered Traditional […]
To Osabarima Kwesi Atta II, the Paramount Chief of the Oguaa Traditional Area, all is set for the highly anticipated Oguaa Fetu Festival slated for Saturday as the Guest of Honour has already arrived in Cape Coast. The visibly excited traditional authority could not hide his emotions at the sight of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. At a dinner held in honour of the King on Thursday, September 5, 2024, Osabarima said, “It’s great to see an array of friends […]
The Asakyire clan has been affirmed as the true royal house of the Wawase stool in the Afigya Kwabre District of the Ashanti Region. The Asakyire and Asenie clans have been in dispute over the true royal house. It was the case of the Asakyire that the stool was established for them; however, it lost its way into the hands of the Asenie through marriage at a time when they had no royal ready to occupy it from their end. […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has denounced the rate at which the Great Oath (Ntamkɛseɛ) is abused and desecrated by traditional authorities within his Kingdom, warning that no one will be spared the consequences when proven guilty. The solemn vow is invoked purposely to affirm one’s innocence or ownership. It requires that some ritual be performed once invoked before its case is heard by an Asantehene. It also requires that an invoker loses his traditional position when found guilty. However, […]
According to the Occupant of the Golden Stool, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Great Oath known in the local dialect as “Ntamkɛseɛ” is no joke as it reflects the pain and distress one Asantehene went through at a time when all his nephews kept dying. At the time, he recounted, the only sister of the reigning Monarch was married to an Amakomhene; however, all the first three children they produced died, leaving the then Asantehene distressed as he […]
The Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has affirmed the indispensable contribution and significance of women to the development of countries around the world. He posits that the gender cannot be sidelined when it comes to the development of countries. It is for this reason he wants women deliberately developed through education. The King of the Asante Kingdom said this during a courtesy visit by the Management and Board of the Kumasi Girls’ Senior High School (SHS) […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has urged traditional authorities under his authority to consciously build wealth around their stools to create a legacy for future generations. He counselled chiefs to set up bank accounts for their stools and divert stool’s portion of proceeds from the sale of lands and other ventures into it. The Occupant of the Golden Stool again pointed out that chiefs should not use their personal bank accounts to manage the stool’s financial resources. He said that […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has criticized chiefs for personalizing stool properties and housing them in their private residences instead of their Palaces. His Majesty while addressing the Asanteman Council on August 26, 2024, noted that stool properties including royal cloths, ornaments, footwear and cars belong to the stool and therefore not personal belongings which could be inherited by the family of any chief. According to him, they must be inherited by successive chiefs as […]
