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Some Management members of Pedlo Energy Company Limited have paid a courtesy call on Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Led by Ing Peter Godslove Debrah, the chairman and founder of Pedlo Oil, the group was at the Manhyia Palace on Friday, June 23, 2023. Group CEO of Pedlo Oil which operates in the oil and gas industry and offshore downstream petroleum sector, stated that their purpose was to officially introduce the company to the King and ‘seek permission to enter […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is scheduled to deliver a lecture at St Andrews University later this year. The lecture will form part of his itinerary for his trip to Scotland. He disclosed this at an event at the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi on Saturday, June 17, 2023. Among his scheduled activities for the trip in the ninth month will be the lecture and a meeting with officials of The Royal and Ancient (R&A) Golf […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, hosted, dined and wined with the participants and sponsors of the 66th Asantehene Open Golf Championship over the weekend at the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi. The event on Saturday also witnessed the crowning and awarding of 33 winners of the various categories in the competition. This year’s competition, described as “unprecedented” attracted international golfers from seven different countries in Africa including Ghana. A total of 206 Ghanaians from golf clubs […]
A group of foreign female golf professionals has shown their appreciation to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II for his support for the game. The professionals presented a portrait which houses the pictures of some 17 professional African female players to the King. The presentation was done during a dinner to award winners of the various categories of the 66th Asantehene Open Golf Championship at the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi on Saturday, June 17, 2023. The portrait, they said, was a […]
The 66th Asantehene Open Golf Championship was inaugurated with a ceremonial tee-off by the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and other dignitaries at the Royal Golf Park in Kumasi on Friday, June 16. At the event were personages including the Ashanti Regional Minister, Hon Simon Osei Mensah, Nigerian High Commissioner to Ghana, Ibok-Ete Ibas and Zimbabwean Ambassador to Ghana, Kufa E. Chinoza. International professional golfers from Nigeria, Cote D’Ivoire, Togo, Senegal, Uganda and Zimbabwe […]
Leading indigenous Ghanaian financial institution, Prudential Bank, has introduced Mr Bernard Appiah Gyebi as the new Managing Director. He was appointed in February 2023. His introduction to the King of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the Manhyia Palace by the leadership of the institution marked his 100th day in office. Leading the delegation on Friday, June 16, 2023, was the Regional Manager of the Bank, Mr Thomas Dwomoh-Ameyaw. In an interview with Opemsuo Radio, Mr […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has described golf as a source of strength, energy and respire from his busy daily schedule. At the Lancaster Hotel in Kumasi on Saturday, June 17 where he held participants and sponsors of the 66th Asantehene Open Golf Championship to a treat, he shared his deep-seated affection for the sport. The King has a tradition of visiting the Royal Golf Club each morning for golf sessions. At the […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has dismissed assertions that the golf game is reserved for wealthy and older men and women in society. At an event to award winners of the 66th Asantehene Open Golf Championship on Saturday, June 17, he said there is a need to erase the perception the youth have about golf and attract them into the sport. “We also have to encourage the young ones to play. We need to attract the younger ones. The […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has recognized the government’s lack of commitment toward the Ministry of Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs since its establishment through an executive Instrument (EI) in 2017. With this, the King is sceptical about the essence of chieftaincy to the government. “What we have to ask ourselves and the government is: What is its take on chieftaincy? Is chieftaincy of any relevance to Ghana? If it is, then how does the government see the relevance of your […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asserted that chieftaincy was ordained for royals only and, therefore, cannot be bought with any amount of money as some have tried. He notes that when bought, disputes are born. The King posits that chieftaincy disputes are caused by dishonesty and an attempt to sway from customs and traditions in enstooling or enskinning traditional leaders. “When done customarily, peace will prevail. Whether patrilineal or matrilineal, if the right order […]
