The Crusading Guide

The paper has a front page story which reads "Race for the Golden Stool intensifies". According to the story, there is a serious question in the air, as to who becomes the next Asantehene after Otumfuo Opoku Ware II passed away on Friday 25 this year. The paper disclosed that there is a serious competition between four contestants, to occupy the Golden Stool. The four are Nana Akwasi Agyemang - Kumasi Metropolitan Chief Executive, Nana Kwaku Dua, Nana Dr. James Osei-Yeboah, a medical doctor and Mr. David Yeboah, a quantity surveyor. The paper added that amongs the four, a contestants Nana Kwaku Dua is most likely to succeed the late Asantehene because it is believed that her own mother, the Queen Mother of Ashanti, Nana Afua Kobi Ampem will nominate him as a successor to the stool. The paper continued that, it has gathered that sum NDC elements are also setting aside some money to strongly prop up Nana Akwasi Agyemang to enable him to ascend the throne. The paper concludes that whatever the government devices traditional rites will ensure that the right man will surely emerge the winner. There is a strong belief that right will be Nana Kwaku Dua.