Otumfuo, JAK, Nana Addo support Atanofo Education Fund

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene(left), Ex-President J.A. Kufuor(middle), Nana Akufo Addo(right)

Otumfuo Osei Tutu  II, the Asantehene,  last weekend donated GH¢20,000 towards the establishment of the Atanofo Education Endowment Fund, initiated by the Bechem Traditional Council to assist brilliant, but needy, school children in the area.

He made the donation at a durbar of the chiefs and people of the Bechem Traditional Area in the Tano South District of the Brong-Ahafo Region to climax a week-long maiden 'Adekyem' Festival.

Other donations came from former President Mr. John Kufuor and the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo.

Mr. Kwadwo Okyere Mpiani, former Chief of Staff and Minister of Presidential Affairs, who represented former President John Agyekum Kufuor, donated GH¢1,000, while Professor Christopher Ameyaw Akumfi, Member of Parliament (MP) for Techiman North, donated GH¢1,000 on behalf of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to the Bechem Traditional Council.

The Asantehene commended the Bechem Traditional Council for promoting peace, education, and development, and pledged the continued support of the Otumfuo Educational Charity Foundation for the Atanofo Educational Endowment Fund.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu asked chiefs to promote truth, fairness and justice to protect chieftaincy.

The festival, instituted by Nana Fosu Gyeabour Akoto II, Paramount Chief Bechem, was organised on the theme: 'Creating an Education Endowment Fund for Access to Quality Education and Development.'

Nana Gyeabour Akoto called on the citizens to contribute financially towards the development of the area.