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Newmont Africa has assisted the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF) with nearly GH2 million as the foundation seeks to extend its wings and operate in different parts of the country. The amount will be used to support two of the educational projects the OOTIIF is undertaking in the country- the Otumfuo-Agroecom Mobile Learning Project and the Otumfuo Community Reading Challenge. Announcing the support package on Sunday, July 23, 2023, at the Manhyia Palace during the 5th Akwasidae of the […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, will tomorrow, July 22, 2023, visit the Adako Jachie training complex of the Asante Kotoko Sporting Club. He will visit the venue together with the Asante Kotoko National Circles Council (NCC) and the Asante Kotoko Old Players to get first-hand information about the state of the complex which is under construction. This was planned on Friday, July 21, 2023, when the Otumfuo held a meeting with the two stakeholders at […]
The life Patron of the Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has charged former coach of the Black Stars and former player of the Club, Coach Kwesi Appiah with the responsibility of finding a new head coach to manage the Club. The Club was handled by coach Abdul Gazale up till the end of the season after head coach Seydou Zerbo was sacked in March this year. At a joint meeting with the Asante Kotoko National Circles Council […]
His Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has engaged the Asante Kotoko National Circles Council (NCC) and the Asante Kotoko Old Players ahead of the institution of a new Board of Directors for the club. This follows the dissolution of the Club’s Board earlier this week after taking the report on the Club’s management. In a meeting at the Manhyia Palace on Friday, July 21, 2023, the life Patron of the Club registered his displeasure at the short life span of […]
The Life Patron of Asante Kotoko Sporting Club, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has chided the supporters base of the Club for their actions and inactions affecting the Club negatively. During a joint meeting with the Asante Kotoko National Circles Council (NCC) and the Asante Kotoko Old Players at the Manhyia Palace on July 21, 2023, he indicated that the supporters have ceded their responsibility for players and are rather focused on the Board. He recognizes that division among supporters over […]
The Senior Curator of African Arts in the Fowler Museum at the University of California in Los Angeles, Dr Erica Jones has approached the seat of the Asante Kingdom with a conversation about returning a seven-piece artefact taken from the then Palace of the Kingdom during the Sir Garnet Wolseley War also known as the Sagrenti War. In a meeting with the occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Dr Jones presented a folder containing pictures of some […]
The occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has formulated an easy path to increasing investment among domestic and international investors in the country. During a visit by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), he said a lot of people still prefer to keep their monies in their homes than invest due to dissipated confidence in investment as a result of the government’s recent Debt Exchange Programme. Asantehene, therefore, counselled the Commission to find a way in restoring […]
The Board of the John Evans Atta (JEA) Mills Memorial Heritage has invited the ruler of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, to chair the JEA Mills Memorial Heritage Lecture. The lecture marks the culmination of the celebration of the 10th Anniversary of the late former President John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills. Relaying the objective of the visit, the Chairman of the Board, Mr Alex Segbefia, said “We’ve had a series of lectures to commemorate his 10th Anniversary. It […]
The King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has asserted that the late Prof John Evans Atta Mills unlike many other politicians seeking Presidency was not after the power that came with it. He finds Prof Mills selfless and humble. “He was humble and not selfish. He was selfless. You realise that he was not after Presidency and the power that came with it,” he testified of the former President of Ghana. Delving into some incidents that gave […]
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is of the firm conviction that the governance of the late Professor Evan Atta Mills would have had the desired impact on Ghana had he completed his tenure in office as all past Ghanaian heads of state had. He said his resistance to the modus operandi in political leadership would have borne better fruits in Ghana had he lived longer. One of such resistance can be linked to a disagreement Otumfuo recounted Mills […]