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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 […]
Ninety-one students of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) have been awarded Doctor of Philosophy Degrees (PhD) in various programmes of the University. The awards were administered by the Chancellor, His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, during the climax of the 57th Congregation of the University on March 23, 2024. The 57th Congregation began on Mach 21 and witnessed the graduation of 5,394 students in various programmes out of which 2,418 were undergraduates and 2,976 postgraduates. The […]
The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has idolised the Monarch of the Asante Kingdom and their Chancellor, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his influential reign in the past 25 years. The Vice Chancellor of the University, Prof Rita Akosua Dickson, used the occasion of the 57th Congregation of the institution to congratulate the King and lay bare their pride over his achievement. “Nana Chancellor, on behalf of the entire University Community, we congratulate you, Your Majesty, for […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has advocated for productive dynamism in the county’s politics to drive youth development and economic growth. He is looking forward to a positively driven youth-centered political campaign, something he has yet to see in any political campaign the country has ever witnessed. “It is my wish that for once political campaigns will focus on how to productively engage the youth to drive the economy,” he said in a speech at the 57th Congregation of the […]
The Chancellor of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST), His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has challenged postgraduate graduands of the institution to live up to expectations as he regards them as “ambassadors of knowledge and agents of change”. Speaking at the climax of the 57th Congregation of the institution in Kumasi on March 23, 2024, during which over 800 students were awarded PhD and MPhil degrees in various disciplines, he underscored the significance of their role […]