Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.
Otumfuo is not a ceremonial traditional leader. He is a development-oriented leader. Again, he is not self-centered; he thinks about Ghana and not only Asanteman. He helps other regions when he needs to.
To enlighten people who do not know, I will recount some of his accomplishments, but let’s delve into his biography now.
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Biography of Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, was born on 6th May,1950. His name at birth was Barima Kwaku Duah, having been named after his paternal grandfather, Ohenenana Kwaku Duah (Nana Agari), Brahyiahene, who hailed from Kantinkyiren in the Atwima District in the Ashanti Region.
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Otumfuo is the 3rd son and the 5th child of his mother, the late Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa, who was blessed by Almighty God with three sons and two daughters.
His two elder brothers, Barima Kwabena Poku and Barima Akwasi Prempeh and his younger sister Nana Ama Serwaa predeceased him, leaving him with his surviving elder sister, Nana Ama Konadu (currently the 14th Asanteheemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III)
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II wife
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is married to Julia Osei Tutu. Lady Julia and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II married in April 2002 and have 6 children together
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II’s father
Otumfuo’s father was Ohenenana Kwame Boakye Dankwa, who also hailed from the village of Kantinkyiren in the Atwima District in the Ashanti Region. Ohenenana Boakye Dankwa succeeded his father, Nana Kwaku Duah Agari, as Brahyiahene.
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At age five, Otumfuo was placed under the guardianship of his uncle, Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, who had been enstooled as Hiahene in 1952. This was to secure his proper upbringing and to school him in royal conduct.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Education: SHS, University
Otumfuo’s primary education began in Kumasi and subsequently continued in 1964 at Sefwi Wiawso Secondary School in the Western North Region, under the tutelage of the Omanhene of Sefwi Wiawso, the late Nana Kwadwo Aduhene II, a cousin of Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, Hiahene.
Otumfuo’s secondary education was followed by Accountancy studies in 1971 at the then Institute of Professional Studies, (now University of Professional Studies, Accra). Opportunity knocked for Otumfuo to proceed to the United Kingdom to continue his tertiary education at the London Metropolitan University, from where he graduated in Human Resources Management and Public Administration.
Private sector career
Between 1981 and 1985, he was a senior consultant at the Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company in Toronto, Canada.
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He returned to London in 1985 and became the Personnel Officer at the HPCC Stonebridge Bus Garage Project, in the London Borough of Brent. He then founded his own mortgage finance firm, Primoda Financial Services Limited, located on Kilburn High Road, North West London He returned to his native Ghana in 1989 to start a transport business, the Transpomech International (Ghana) Limited.
About the Asantehene
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the 16th Asantehene (King of Asante). He is the youngest of 5 children and a direct descendant of the founder of the Asante Kingdom, Osei Tutu I. In 1999, he received a nomination to succeed the throne from his late brother. He ascended the Golden Stool on April 26th, 1999. His platform as King focuses on furthering peace among the region and developing the education, economy, and health of His people.
Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II
23 years progressive legacy of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has won great admiration for the unique brand of leadership he has provided the people of Asante, in particular, and Ghana in general, since he assumed the high office of Asantehene and the enormous responsibilities that go with the position.
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PEACE AND STABILITY
Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in Peace and Stability
Ever mindful of the importance of peace and stability to good governance, one of his first tasks was to encourage his people to seek the path of arbitration instead of litigation in the numerous land and succession disputes that had plagued Asanteman for decades. This task he has performed with great wisdom and tenacity of purpose, earning for himself remarkable respect among the people. The vision of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II encompasses education, health, and economic development.
EDUCATION
Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in Education
He set up the Otumfuo Education Fund to generate resources as an effort to provide opportunities for quality primary, secondary, tertiary and vocational education not only in his kingdom but also in Ghana generally. In 2000, he embarked upon a vigorous campaign to draw attention to the benefits of individual or group sponsorship of the education of orphaned children. Since its inception, the Otumfuo Education Fund has benefited over 300,000 students at various levels of education.
It was for his keen determination to enhance the quality of education of Ghanaians that he received the commendation of the Association of Commonwealth Universities, conferring on him the Symons Award in April, 2000.
To top it all off, he has been appointed Chancellor of one of Africa’s most renowned universities, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Kumasi.
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Here are some of the recent outreach and impact projects
EDUCATIONAL MATERIALS & SCHOLARSHIPS
Over 1,000,000 school children and 400 schools have benefited from distribution of assorted educational materials.
The Educational fund had by April 2019, supported 301,980 students with scholarships and other forms of support.
25,756 have received full scholarships, 276,224 have received some form of financial support.
OTUMFUO ANNUAL TEACHERS AWARDS CEREMONY
Since 2011 to 2019, the award scheme has recognised the contribution of a total of 600 teachers, administrators and directors of education drawn from basic schools in hard-to-reach communities across the 16 administrative regions of Ghana. The awards are in the forms of money, laptops, refrigerators and scholarships up to PhD level studies.
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OTUMFUO-AGROECOM MOBILE LEARNING PROJECT (OAMLP)
The OAMLP project offers /practical ICT lessons, Reading lessons and Community Cinema Sessions.
Since 2017, 62,646 pupils and 107 communities throughout 28 districts have been impacted with the OAMLP.
YIEDIE PROJECT-Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative for Employment
A Youth Apprenticeship Training Programme where youth within the age bracket of 17- 24 years have been equipped with vocational trainings in 16 skill areas. The project was in partnership with Global Communities and supported by MasterCard Foundation.
INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECT
780 schools all over the country have benefited from the infrastructural assistance.
These include the provision of a complete 40 6-classrom blocks and a teachers’ bungalow, roofing of 110 classrooms, renovations and provision of 980,000 school desks to 198 schools.
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COMMUNITY WATER PROJECT & SANITARY FACILITIES FOR SCHOOLS
The Project has provided 27 communities with treated water plants and 116 boreholes in 67 communities in both urban and rural areas
The Project has provided toilet and urinary facilities in some basic and second cycle schools.
OTUMFUO COMMUNITY READING CHALLENGE(OCRC)
The OCRC project is a community-based reading challenge organized specially for Junior High School students to promote English and Twi reading, thus encouraging positive reading habits among students. With its sole purpose of enriching students’ communicative skills and promoting the habit and interest for reading, OCRC has been designed to be conducted in sixty (60) selected communities in Asanteman.
The grand finale is held at Manhyia Palace with a durbar of Chiefs and Stakeholders where the King, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, sits in state to grace the occasion. The Ultimate OCRC Champion for the year is crowned and awarded prizes by the King.
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HEALTH
Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in Health
Another initiative of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the Health Fund he has established to pursue a basic health care plan whose laudable objectives include financial and material support for the reduction of maternal and infant mortality; glaucoma and other eye diseases; Buruli Ulcer (which has become the bane of many rural dwellers in the country), as well as the eradication of Guinea Worm disease.
In this direction, Otumfuo is supporting Rotary Club’s campaign to promote inoculation of children against the six killer diseases, including polio.
He has also set up the Serwaa Ampem Aids Foundation for children under the leadership of his wife, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, to help children who have become victims of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
THE COVID-19 HYGIENE AND SOCIAL DISTANCING PROJECT
The Mastercard Foundation funded project provided practical and sustained education on observing COVID-19 protocols for 6 markets in Kumasi and provided these markets with polytanks, nose masks and thermometer guns.
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MATERIAL AND INFRASTRUCTURAL PROVISION
Renovation of health facilities, provision of hospital beds, mattresses, wheelchairs, other equipment, boreholes, water storage tanks.
Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, Obuasi Government Hospital, and 17 other Health Centres have benefited from these exercises.
MOBILE DENTAL PROJECT (OTUMFUO SMILES)
The project, supported by Smiles for Everyone Foundation (SFEF), USA, has been in existence since 2014 and has reached out to 98,500 school children in Ashanti, Central, Brong Ahafo and the Upper East regions.
ADVOCACY
The Foundation has been at the forefront in various health promotion and prevention programmes, notably in HIV, Tuberculosis, Immunization and Malaria programs in collaboration with World Health Organization, World Bank and Ghana Health Service through community durbars and other forums.
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ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
Top 100 Achievements of Asantehene, His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in Economic and Community Development
On his own initiative, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, secured a World Bank grant with the approval of the Government of Ghana for a pilot project. Entitled, ‘’Promoting Partnerships with Traditional Authorities Project” (PPTAP), it has thrown a challenge to our traditional leaders to demonstrate their capacity to use their own resources in response to financial support made available by the government or the World Bank to help develop their communities.
The project has put our traditional leaders through a new learning process to lead their people in community development programmes and has created awareness of the value of our cultural heritage, including art and artifacts, as well as our traditional court systems in conflict resolution.
Under the project, new school buildings have been built; old ones have been rehabilitated; and teachers’ residential quarters have been erected with facilities for potable water and electricity supply; HIV/AIDS and general health campaigns in co-operation with the state agencies have been stepped up in the rural areas.
Otumfuo’s vision includes the setting up of an Asanteman Economic Revitalisation Plan to promote private and corporate investment in local industries, re-afforestation, and irrigation programmes. He has already extended an invitation to all prospective investors to Ashanti, with the firm promise of easy access to land.
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Otumfuo Osei Tutu II stands tall as an Asanteman visionary and Great Leader, leading in the preservation of cultural heritage while combining modernism and tradition to promote his people’s education, health, and economic development.
