The
Paramount Chief of Berekum Traditional Area in the Brong Ahafo Region,
Daasebre Amankona Diawuo II, has sworn an oath of allegiance to
the occupant of the Golden Stool, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, at the
Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.
Riding in a palanquin, amid drumming and dancing at the forecourt of
the Manhyia Palace moments before he swore the oath of allegiance,
Daasebre Amankona Diawuo, who is known in private life as
Dr Leo Ofori and belongs to the Kontire division— the right wing of
the Asanteman Council, was introduced by the Bantamahene, Baffour Owusu
Asare
Amankwatia V, who is the head of the Kontire division, as tradition demands.
Other paramount chiefs who joined the Bantamahene to introduce Daasebre Amankona Diawuo to the Asantehene included the Paramount Chief of Asokore, Nana Dr Susubribi Krobea Asante, and the Asokore-Mamponghene, Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah, who is also the head of the right wing division of the Kumasi Traditional Council.
A medical practitioner and surgical specialist by profession, Daasebre Amankona Diawuo was involved in a legal tussle over his enstoolment, but was eventually cleared by the Brong Ahafo House of Chiefs and the Supreme Court, making it possible for him to swear the oath of allegiance to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during a sitting of the Asanteman Council.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu recounted the historical facts which traced Berekum as part of Asanteman long before the Asante Confederacy in 1935.
He said the Berekum paramountcy had been part of Asanteman for many years and therefore charged Daasebre Amankona Diawuo to initiate programmes and policies that would accelerate the pace of development in his traditional area.
That, he said, would raise the standard of living of the people for him to leave a legacy that would be cherished by the present and future generations.
Moments after Daasebre Amankona Diawuo had sworn the oath of allegiance, Berekum citizens who had filled the Manhyia Palace in their numbers started jubilating amid drumming and dancing.
Amankwatia V, who is the head of the Kontire division, as tradition demands.
Other paramount chiefs who joined the Bantamahene to introduce Daasebre Amankona Diawuo to the Asantehene included the Paramount Chief of Asokore, Nana Dr Susubribi Krobea Asante, and the Asokore-Mamponghene, Nana Boakye Ansah Debrah, who is also the head of the right wing division of the Kumasi Traditional Council.
A medical practitioner and surgical specialist by profession, Daasebre Amankona Diawuo was involved in a legal tussle over his enstoolment, but was eventually cleared by the Brong Ahafo House of Chiefs and the Supreme Court, making it possible for him to swear the oath of allegiance to Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during a sitting of the Asanteman Council.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu recounted the historical facts which traced Berekum as part of Asanteman long before the Asante Confederacy in 1935.
He said the Berekum paramountcy had been part of Asanteman for many years and therefore charged Daasebre Amankona Diawuo to initiate programmes and policies that would accelerate the pace of development in his traditional area.
That, he said, would raise the standard of living of the people for him to leave a legacy that would be cherished by the present and future generations.
Moments after Daasebre Amankona Diawuo had sworn the oath of allegiance, Berekum citizens who had filled the Manhyia Palace in their numbers started jubilating amid drumming and dancing.
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