Asantehene meets Ga Traditional Council

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene on Saturday met with Chiefs of the Ga Traditional Council in Accra to brief them on the launch of the Otumfuo Education Trust Fund and a fund raising dinner dance to be held at the State House.

Nii Adotey Obuor II, Sempe Mantse and acting President of the Ga Traditional Council, said in launching the fund in Accra Otumfuo Osei Tutu has demonstrated that it is not meant for Ashantis alone but all Ghanaians.

He assured the Asantehene of the support of the Ga Mantse, Nii Amugi II as well as other chiefs of the Ga Traditional Council.

Accompanying the Otumfuo were Nana Wiafe Akenteng III, Offinsohene and Osahene Kwaku Atakyi II, Omanhene of Kukrom Traditional Area. Nii Tetteh Kpobi Tsuru III, La Mantse and Nii Adjetey Kraku III, Tema Mantse were among the Ga chiefs who met the Asantehene.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, together with Nii Obuor and the other chiefs also called on Sheikh I.C. Quaye, Greater Accra Regional Minister. The Asantehene said education is a key ingredient for progress and it was out of his desire for progress throughout the country that he decided to establish the fund.

Mr Quaye said no private initiative in fund-raising has had such a national approval as the Asantehene's. "It is a mark of your hard work and of the continuing relevance of the institution you represent."

He said Otumfuo's example sets a new stage in relations among traditional rulers. "Without doubt it will go a long way to help in the development of Chieftaincy, which in turn will deepen national unity," he said.