Letter From The President: An ode to the ?Otumfuor?

Countrymen and women, loyalists and opponents,
Please join me to congratulate the Asantehene Otumfuor Osei Tutu on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of his ascension to the Golden Stool. It?s an occasion worth celebrating and I am not surprised by the elaborate programme Manyhia Palace has drawn up to ensure that the occasion does not go uncelebrated. Interestingly, Otumfuor?s fifth anniversary on the Golden Stool coincides with his 55th birthday. So, please, let?s congratulate the Otumfuor and wish him all the best in all his future endeavours.

Otumfuor is one of the few chiefs in this country who make the chieftaincy institution worth maintaining. About a year ago, I wrote that but for the likes of the Otumfuor, the Okyehene and the Dormahene, I would have advocated the disbandment of the chieftaincy institution as soon as I ascended the Black Star Stool. Otumfuor Osei Tutu redefined chiefaincy and gave it a whole new, modern, forward-looking role in our society. I am proud of him and admire what he has done.