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A section of the Diplomatic Corps in Ghana has joined well-wishers to extol the Overlord of the Ashantis, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, for his meritorious role in the development of Ghana since he assumed the Golden Stool 22 years ago.
The well-wishers included the Vice President of the Ghana, Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, all took time of their busy schedules to celebrate the Golden Stool occupant.
A tweet sent by the official twitter handle of the Vice President read: “Happy 22nd Anniversary to Otumfuo Osei Tutu on your ascension the Golden Stool. You have been such a phenomenal leader! We appreciate your inspiration and coaching. May the coming days of your reign be even more fulfilling. We wish you best. Piaw Kotohene!”
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. OWUSU AFRIYIE AKOTO ON THE OCCASION OF THE 2021 RE: AKOTO MEMORIAL LECTURES
The Chairman of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Siribour II, Juabenhen; The Chief Justice, My Lord Kwasi Anin-Yeboah; The Former Speaker of Parliament, Professor Michael Aaron Ocquaye; The Director of the Ghana School of Law and Faculty; The Vice Chancellor, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and Faculty; General Secretary and Regional Chairmen of the New Patriotic Party (NPP); Nananom; Members of the Media, Students, Ladies and Gentlemen.
The family of Baffour Osei Akoto is most grateful to the Ghana School of Law for the opportunity provided by this platform to discuss the life and works of my late father and his contribution to the development of our dear country, Ghana.
#BlackHistoryMonth – Ashanti Queen Yaa Asantewaa a great warrior
Article by February 14, 2021
Yaa Asantewaa was an influential Ashanti queen at the beginning of the twentieth century who remains a powerful symbol today.
Her birthdate is contested but she is generally believed to have been born October 17, 1840, in the Ashanti Confederacy in present-day Ghana.
She was a skilled farmer before ascending to the title Queen Mother in the 1880s. It is believed that she was chosen for this title due to the matrilineal aspect of the Ashanti culture and that her elder brother Nana Akwasi Afrane Okpase, who was a powerful ruler at the time, appointed her to the role.
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During the time Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate, Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king’s officers who guarded the doorway, became angry and conspired to assassinate King Xerxes. But Mordecai found out about the plot and told Queen Esther, who in turn reported it to the king, giving credit to Mordecai. And when the report was investigated and found to be true, the two officials were impaled on poles. All this was recorded in the book of the annals in the presence of the king. – Esther 2:21-23 NIV
…..CHRONICLE has been described as written account of events, detailing when they happened; like ANNALS they are a collation of events in chronological order, each event being recorded under the year in which it happened…in short, historical records….a reference point for generations yet-unborn…akin to the BOOK OF LIFE…..the record of each person’s life here on the earth�