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The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology has acknowledged the critical role Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has played in its glorious soaring among tertiary institutions in the world. Though silent in nature, the institution underscored its potency and significance in a citation presented to the Chancellor on May 10, 2024, as part of the Chancellor’s Week celebration. The citation read out by the Vice Chancellor, Prof Akosua Dickson characterized the King as the embodiment of the Akan proverb […]
The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has posited that free education existed way before the government’s flagship Free Senior High School (SHS) policy was introduced in 2017 through the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation, the Non-Governmental Organisation of the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Chronicling some educational interventions of the King while speaking at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), during the culmination of the Chancellor’s Week celebration, the Minister stated […]
The Minister for Education, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum, has revealed many of the infrastructural projects in the Ashanti Region see life as a result of the influence of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. According to him, but for His Majesty, numerous projects would be left untouched and uncompleted. One such project is the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) Teaching Hospital, which began during the era of former President John Agyekum Kufuor who exited office in 2008. The […]
With the significant and influential yet untold contribution made by Asante Kings towards the establishment of one of the world’s best universities, it was only appropriate that the Chancellorship mandate was bestowed upon Manhyia Palace nearly two decades ago. During the culmination of the Chancellor’s Week, a week-long programme to celebrate the leadership of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in the past 25 years on the Golden Stool, by the KNUST, it was found that the idea for the establishment […]
The roads and streets of the Kumasi Metropolis are expected to be rid of tricycles on Sunday, May 13, 2024, when Asanteman, Ghana and the world convene at the Manhyia Palace to commemorate the 25th Enstoolment Anniversary of the Monarch, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Riders of these vehicles have been directed to take a holiday on that auspicious day to bring sanity to the roads and streets for guests. Speaking at a press briefing on May 9, 2024, Juabenhene Nana […]
A second clean-up exercise will take place this Saturday across the Asante Kingdom to sanitise the environment for the climax of the 25th Anniversary of the King, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. At a presser on May 9, 2024, the Otumfuo Anniversary Planning Committee, led by the Chairman, Juabenhene Nana Otuo Sereboe II made the announcement. It would be the second clean-up exercise after the one which took place on March 30, 2024, and was inspected by Otumfuo. Emphasising the need […]
The revered Golden Stool of the Asante Kingdom will go on display on Sunday, May 12, 2024, during the culmination of the Silver Jubilee of the King, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. This was revealed by Nana Otuo Sereboe II, the Paramount Chief of the Juaben Traditional Area and the Chairman of the Otumfuo Planning Committee during a press conference at the Regional House of Chiefs on Thursday, May 9, 2024. The royal and divine Stool which is believed […]
The Ghana National Association of Teachers (GNAT) has borne witness to the colossal contribution and interventions of the Occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, towards education in the country. According to the group, the contribution in the past 25 years is “immeasurable”. “Otumfuo recently celebrated his 74th birthday and he is marking 25 years on the Golden Stool. His contribution to the education sector through his Non-Governmental Organisation {Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation} is immeasurable,” the group […]
The sole desire of the Paramount Chief of the Offinso Traditional Area, Nana Dwamena Akenten II, is for Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to live to a ripe old age to keep administering justice to the less fortunate and marginalized. Nana Dwamena Akenten II, a product of the Asantehene’s justice and a testament to his honesty, said the prayer when His Majesty availed himself for well-wishes and homage from Asanteman and Ghanaians. While paying his respects with some gifts in […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II expressed his genuine love and affection towards the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) when he opted for a venue where he could spend quality time with the students instead of the Manhyia Jubilee Hall with people of high social status for a musical concert. This was revealed by Prof Jerry John Kponyo, the Dean of the Quality Assurance and Planning Office and member of the Chancellor’s Week Planning Committee in his closing […]