The Vice-President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has called on traditional authorities to partner metropolitan, municipal and district assemblies (MMDAs) to deal decisively with illegal mining (galamsey) which has resulted in the pollution of water bodies. He has also given an assurance that the activities of the Operation Vanguard will be deepened to help combat the menace […]
Tag: Okyehene
From a diaspora returnee to a King; the story of Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin
As Ghana hosts the greatest repatriation initiative for Africa, there is a lot to appreciate of those who have made that decision of a return, to have abandoned the comforts of a Western society and move to catch up with whatever is left of the cradle of civilization. Although some may have awaken from the […]
MASLOC, GCB, NCA, Ghana Gas, GNPC, CBG, GOIL, others sponsor Okyehene’s 20th anniversary in Kyebi
Key state companies and companies with huge national stake including Ghana Commercial Bank (GCB), Ghana Gas, The Consolidated Bank of Ghana (CBG), GOIL, the National Communications Authority (NCA) among many others are the lineup of sponsors for Okyehene’s 20th anniversary celebration in Kyebi. Other state companies like MASLOC, GNPC among many others have made handsome […]
Go and sin no more – Okyenhene to NDC’s Kwame Zu
The Okyenhene, Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, has lifted an order by the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Council directing all chiefs within the council not to accept the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and their allies in their palaces. He has also directed that, Okyeman forgives and forgets a distasteful statement made against him by the […]
If you can insult your elders, know that your days are numbered–Okyenhene replies Kwame Zu
The Okyenhene, Amoatia Ofori Panin II, is worried over the disrespectful behaviour children of today, as they, without fear, are able to insult people who are older than them. According to the Chief of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, gone were the days when a child would stop whatever he/she was doing to help an […]
NDC runs away from comments against Okyenhene
The Okyeman Caucus within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has dissociated itself from comments made by Kwame Zu, the Ashanti Region Secretary, during the march by the Coalition for National Sovereignty last week. Kwame Zu’s comments had incensed the Okyeman Traditional Council, whose members joined a demonstration in Kyebi to call not only him but […]