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The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will deliver the keynote address at the conference of the Rotary District 9104 in Kumasi in mid-April. His Majesty accepted the humble request when some executives of the District called on him at the Manhyia Palace on March 27, 2024, led by the Governor, Mr David Osei Junior. The delegation included Assistant Governor Russell Banful, Past President Nana Poku Agyemang, President of Rotary Club of Nhyiaeso, Joseph Adomako, President-elect of […]
The Institute of Directors, Ghana (IoD-Gh), has sought the permission of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to honour him for his distinguished leadership over Asanteman. According to them, the governance of the King has reverberated across the whole country, the African continent and the entire globe. During a courtesy call by the executives of the IoD, led by Rev Mrs Angela Carmen Appiah, the President on March 27, 2024, they served their request to hold a special event at Manhyia […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has endorsed the appointment of Rev. Msgr. John Opoku-Agyemang as the Bishop-elect of the Catholic Diocese of Konongo-Mampong. The Vatican last week announced Rev. Msgr Opoku-Agyemang as the successor to Bishop Joseph Osei-Bonsu who retired at 76 from the pastoral care of the Diocese. The Manhyia Palace was formally served with the news on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, by the Catholic Metropolitan Archbishop of Kumasi, Most Reverend Gabriel Justice Anokye and the Vicar General of […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has directed all royals interested in filling the vacant stool of the Antoa to submit their requests to Nana Daadom Pokuaa, the Queen mother of Antoa. The queen mother was accused of setting aside laid down processes and devising means to impose a particular royal house in the name of Otumfuo after Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman was destooled. The development compelled two persons to invoke the Great Oath to stall the process with the necessary […]
The elected candidate for the vacant Kwaso Stool has received the affirmation of the Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. The succession was delayed due to the invocation of the Great Oath. It would be recalled that Asantehene summoned the elders of Kwaso during the Kumasi Traditional Council meeting on March 21, 2024, over the delay in enstooling a chief after the destoolment of Nana Nketia Boampong II last year. The elders appeared before the […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has paved the way for the enstoolment of Mr Akwesi Wusu as the next paramount chief of the Obogu Traditional Area. The process of electing a candidate to succeed the late Nana Oduro Apenteng Darkwa ll encountered some challenges which necessitated the intervention of Otumfuo a few weeks ago. His Majesty resolved the outstanding hindrance to the enstoolment of a new chief two weeks ago, and ordered Obaahemaa Afia Pokuaa II, the queen mother of […]
Ayomsohene Nana Kodua Acheampong has sworn to stay true and loyal to the Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. He took the oath before the Kumasi Traditional Council (KTC) at the Manhyia Palace on March 25, 2024. Nana Kodua was introduced by Baapanyin, elders and fetish priests of Ayomso to the Asantehene and the Council as successor to Oyeam Appiah Kubi II. Taking his oath, he said, “I will continue the remarkable leadership of my predecessors. I […]
The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has called for an enhancement of the academic staff of the institution, characterizing their ratio to the current student population as inadequate. Speaking at the climax of the 57th Congregation of the KNUST on March 23, 2024, he said the inadequacy of the teaching staff level impedes the growing needs and expectations of the school. Though he recognized that the need is not particular […]
The chief advocate for the Heal Komfo Anokye Project, known as Heal KATH, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has expounded on the motive for the project and appealed to the general public, especially students and their guardians at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), to help give a facelift to the deteriorated Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH). At the climax of the 57th Congregation of the KNUST on Saturday, March 23, 2024, the Asantehene, who is […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has advocated for healthy and sanitized campaigns among politicians and their cohorts in the lead-up to the 2024 General Elections. According to him, the upcoming election is another platform to reaffirm the country’s exemplary democratic values and to preserve the same before the global stage. He has therefore urged political parties to shun derogatory comments and discourses that would throw away the country’s 32-year hard-earned legacy in peaceful transitions of power. “As the campaign gains […]
