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A little over a year since the launch of a commemorative gold coin in honour of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, a commemorative stamp in his honour has been conceived by Ghana Post Company Limited. There are plans to launch the philatelic stamps before 2024, the Managing Director of Ghana Post, Bice Osei Kuffour said. He disclosed this when Management members of the Company visited the Manhyia Palace on January 26, 2023, on a duty call. In 2021, Precious Minerals […]
The 21 Brilliant students who are representing the Northern Zone in the National Finals of this year’s National Spelling Bee Competition have been presented to the Board Chairman of Otumfuo Foundation. The team, together with the Spelling Bee, teachers and the 21 National Finalists paid a courtesy call on Otumfuo Hiahene and the Board Chairman of the Foundation, Nana Prof Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II to receive his blessings ahead of the finals. The Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation entered into […]
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has taken part in the relaunch of Star Beer production at the Guinness Ghana Brewery PLC factory at Kaase in Kumasi. The event on Wednesday marked the return of Star beer production to its place of birth. In attendance was Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Ashanti Regional Minister, Simon Osei Mensah, Board and Management Members of the company, Clergymen, traditional rulers, Representatives from Security Service and Guinness’ key distributors. The production of Star beer began […]
Anthony Kweku Dodu, recipient of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation together with the Managing Director of Primetime, Nana Akua Ankomah-Asare and the Founder of Primetime, Dr Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu yesterday visited the Otumfuo Foundation. The visit to the board chairman of the foundation, Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II, was to show appreciation to the foundation for extending a scholarship to Anthony Kweku Dodu, a student of Assin State College in the Central Region who represented his school in the 2022 […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has observed the first Awukudae of the year 2023. At the Manhyia Palace on January 18, the Monarch of the Asante Kingdom was joined by people from across and outside the country for the mini-festival. Among them included a delegation from Malta, Kumasi Academy Secondary School, Opemsuo Nananon, Atweasin and several other individuals. Maltese DelegationThe visit of Dr Ian Borg, the Minister for Foreign and European Affairs for Malta to the Manhyia Palace is […]
Natives of Aburi Atweasin in the Akuapim South District of the Eastern Region have returned and reunited with the Asante Kingdom after being apart for over 300 years. Atweasin was occupied by Asantes from Kontenase in Bosomtwe following their departure. Their reunion boils down to a charge from the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to Kontenasehene Barima Ogyeaboɔ Amankwaa Adunan II, four years ago. A delegation from Atweasin was led and introduced to Otumfuo on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation has begun the year in a full-force with several projects lined up in 2023 sparkling with a massive donation at Obuasi. The foundation in partnership with the AngloGold Ashanti has distributed a total of thirty-four thousand (34,000) NaCCA-approved textbooks to all public schools in and around the Obuasi Municipality in the Ashanti Region. The second phase of this exercise began on Tuesday, January 17, and will end on Friday, January 20, following the […]
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has heaved a sigh of relief following a report from Management members of Asanko Gold Mine Limited on the progress of the company. Addressing a delegation from the company, His Majesty shared his concerns about the challenges the company went through months past. The delegation included the Vice president of the company, Dr Charles Amoah, his Personal Assistant, Mr Derrick Isaac Asamoah and the Administrative Officer of the Company, Stella Osei Tutu. Updating Otumfuo about the […]
The Monarch of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has called for a fair distribution of the shops when the second phase of the Kejetia Redevelopment Project is completed. He noted that he will put his feet on the ground if the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA) tries to sideline some of the registered traders- who were displaced to pave way for the project- just as the Assembly did in 2019 with the Phase one. He was speaking at […]
The Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has declared that chiefs in the Ashanti Region will be summoned to account for the activities of illegal mining in their communities from next year. He said this during the last meeting of the members of the Regional House of Chiefs in the year 2022 over which he chaired. According to the regional minister, Simon Osei Mensah, out of the 43 Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs), 25 are engaged in illegal mining. […]
