A delegation from the Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has paid a courtesy call on the Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Oquaye in Accra.
The nine-member delegation was led by Nana Susubiribi Krobea Asante, Paramount Chief of Asante Asokore, who is known in Private life as Nana Prof. S. K. B. Asante.
The delegation came at the instance of otumfuo to invite Parliament to the 20th Anniversary celebration of his ascension to the golden stool.
Nana Susubiribi Krobea Asante, said the climax of the celebration will be Sunday, April 21, 2019, when a durbar will be held to commemorate Addae Kessie of the Asanteman.
The Speaker, Prof. Oquaye, having been briefed about the visit, pledged to honour Otumfuo’s invitation.
He assured the delegation that, he together with the leadership and Members of Parliament will be the grand durbar in their numbers.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s occupancy of the golden stool
The 20 years anniversary of the enstoolment of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu ll, was launched at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on Tuesday, March 19, 2019.
The anniversary is to commemorate Otumfuo Osei Tutu’s occupancy of the golden stool since 1999, after the demise of his uncle, Otumfuo Opoku Ware II.
He ascended the Golden Stool in 1999 as the 16th Asantehene in direct succession to Opemsuo Osei Tutu, the founder of Asanteman, the Kingdom of Asante.
Experts said the twenty years on the Golden Stool by the Otumfuo has brought significant changes to the face of chieftaincy in Ghana.
One of these successes has been the Asantehene’s leadership in ensuring peace in Dagbon as he led two other eminent chiefs to chalked up the feat.
Programmes of events
The chain of programmes to commemorate the anniversary would commence with public performances by traditional priests and priestesses, photo and food exhibitions, commissioning of the Kejetia market, sod cutting for the construction of the Phase ll of the Central Market, the Asantehene’s birthday celebration on May 6.
Others included a golf tournament, Christian and Muslim thanksgiving services at the Saint Cyprian’s Church and the Kumasi Central Mosque, respectively, the Vice Chancellor Week celebration at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology and a grand durbar among other activities.
Addressing a gathering of chiefs and elders, Otumfuo Osei Tutu indicated that, the celebration was not only for fun fair but it should be an opportunity for him as well as his chiefs to assess their performances in the Ashanti Region for the past 20 years.
He said it was the opportunity for all traditional leaders to assess their achievements and their contributions in the lives of their people in terms of education, job creation, infrastructural development and others.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu challenged all traditional leaders to be agentS of change in order to bring reverence to chieftaincy in Asanteman .
He further advised queen mothers to also play their ceremonial roles as expected of them.
