Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II

**Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II** dɔgebo bebiri la May 6, 1950. O waa la a 16th Asantehene naŋ da jiŋ a naaŋ kogo a bebiri Kpɛpire 26, 1999 yuoni poɔ. O la eɛ "Chancellor" a ko "Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology" aŋ be a Kumasi naa paaluu poɔ. Osei Tutu II (dɔgebo la Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) a "16th" Asantehene, aŋ jiŋ a kogo jɔŋ nansaare kyeo teŋ boɔna ka "April" o bɛri lijɛri neŋ ayoɔbi a yuoni 1999. Ka a yuori, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II eɛ gbadiroŋ yuori yi  a "17th-century" neɛ naŋ na baŋ jiŋ a "Ashanti Empire", Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. O meŋ da e la a Chancellor ko a "Kwame Nkrumah University of Science ane Technology." A "Freemason", Otumfuo Osei Tutu II da e la a "Grand Patron ko a Grand Lodge of Ghana, a Sword Bearer a ko a United Grand Lodge of England and  Grand Patron" ko a Grand Lodge naŋ be "Liberia".
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## Biography

### Nyɔvore Piiluu
O dɔgebo daare la nansaare kyeo teŋ boɔna May o beri ayoɔbo (6) a yuoni 1950  ka o yuori da e  Nana Barima Kwaku Duah, biiri bata da yi o dɔgereba biiri banuu poɔ (bidɔbɔ bata ane bipɔgeba bayi) ko Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa (naŋ e napɔge ko a Ashanti). O sãã Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa da yie Kentinkyere a Ashanti meŋ naŋ da e a Brehyia Duke ko Asante. Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa kūū daa da la  "1 January 2002", a Kumasi, Ashanti Irigyin.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu yuori porebo da yie a o  saakoma. 

O yɔɔlee Nana Ama Konadu, (Nana Kokodu Yiadom IIInanaŋhe a e 14esekyereteheemaaneŋaa ona naŋ da kpi  te Barima Kwabena Poku, Barima Akwasi Prempeh.

Ona da e yuomo anuu, Otumfuo da gaa la a nayiri be o saabile naŋ da be, Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, a Hiahene, da zegele o la a nakogi 1952, naŋ da e a piiluu naaloŋ toma.

Osei Tutu taa la biiri bayoɔbo. O sãã meŋ da la taa la biiri yi kultaa ziiri mine, te paale Yaw Boateng, Kwaku Duah, Kwabena Agyei-Bohyen, Afua Sarpong ane Ama Agyemang (Kumasi, Ashanti), Fredua Agyeman Prempeh, Nana Kwasi Agyemang Prempeh ane Nana Kwasi Boachie Gyambibi (Kumasi, Ashanti).

### Sakuuri Yɛlɛ
O piilee a o sakuuri gaabo a Kumasi a 1964, da la gas la a Sefwi Wiawso Sɛkondere Sakuuri (SEWASS) be ka o da nyɛ  'O' Level ka o karema da e  Omanhene naŋ e Sefwi Wiawso, Nana Kwadwo Aduhene II o arebile naŋ e Otumfuo's guardian uncle, Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, Hiahene. O meŋ da gaa la Osei Kyeretwie Sɛkondere Sakuuri (OKESS). O zannɛɛ Accounting naŋ be  Institute of Professional Studies, pampana, naŋ e University of Professional Studies a be Accra. O paaŋ da la gaa la Polytechnic of North London (pampana naŋ e London Metropolitan University), be ka o da nyɛ Diploma naŋ be Management ane Administration. O da nyɛ la kyɔɔtaa yineŋ  doctorate naŋ be a university mambo poɔ naŋ da e Barbican Centre a  11 January 2006.

### Private zie toma
Yi  1981 ane 1985, o da e la senior consultant a be Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company a Toronto, Canada.

O pãã da gaa a la London naŋ da e a 1985 a da e a Personnel Officer a HPCC Stonebridge Bus Garage Project, a London Borough of Brent. O pãã da nyɛɛ omeŋɛ mortgage finance firm sommo, Primoda Financial Services Limited, naŋ be a Kilburn High Road, North-West London. O da leɛ gaa la a o teŋɛ naŋ e a Ghana a 1989 a da te piili lɔɛ noba wuobu yɛroŋ toma, a Transpomech International (Ghana) Limite

## Asantehene (1999–present)
A Asantehene e la neɛ naŋ taa emmo a Ashanti Region of Ghana. Osei Tutu da yelee yelsonne kyaare toŋkpeɛne naŋ be a Ghanaian politicians.

O da nyɛɛ international media sommo yi a baaroŋ yele naŋ da kyaare a Ashanti crown jewels naŋ da taa zuubu yi a Oslo hotel naŋ da e a October 2012 o naŋ da gɛrɛ kpaaroŋ naŋ da be a Norwegian capital.

A August 2019, o da maale la tigiri ko a Akwasidae neŋ a Ghanaian paaloŋ naŋ be a United Kingdom o naŋ da gaa a be a be fēē lɛ. Saama naŋ da beebe la Paapa Owusu Ankomah, a Ghana High Commissioner a ko a  United Kingdom.

A February 2020, o da eɛ a dɛndɛŋ soba naŋ da nyɛ a 'Pillar of Peace Award'. A kyɔɔtare da yie a faŋa naŋ o na da de eŋ kyaare neŋ a o toma a Kingdom of Dagbon be o naŋ da kpɛ a da naŋ baŋ ta yuomo lezare.

O meŋ da nyɛɛ 2019 CIMG President's kyɛɛtare.

### Kpɛzie
Atekɛle meŋɛ la: Manhyia Palace

Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II kpɛzie la Manhyia Palace naŋ be Kumasi, kapital paaloŋ naŋ be Ashanti irigyin 

### Toŋkpeɛne sommo kyaare emmaaroŋ nyaamo a Dagbon paaloŋ
President John Agyekum Kufuor da maalɛɛ  Kɔmetee ko namine, ka a wederɛ da e Osei Tutu II, ka ba da tere sommo a 2002 Dagbon baaloŋ zɔɔre. A kɔmetee  toŋkpeɛne la ka ba da yeli yɛlɛ mantaa kyɛ naŋ kpɛ wɛle a zɔɔre na naŋ be a Andani ane Abudu nayiri, naŋ bɔ sobie na naŋ na tõɔ faare a zɔɔre naŋ be a  Dagbon paaloŋ. A kɔmetee da terɛɛ a ba peɛroo nyaamo ko a gɔbenɛnte naŋ be a Ghana a 21 November 2018. A gɔbenɛnte pãã da biŋee a sobie naŋ kyaare neŋ a nuuri maaloo ko a  Mahamadu IV ane Yakubu II naŋ da e 14 December 2018 te tɔ 18 January 2019. Yele ama pãã meŋ da la tue neŋ investiture of Bukali II ka o da e a naa ko a Dagbon paaloŋ. A December 2019, Bukali II da gaa la boɔloo sagebo yi Otumfuo Osei Tutu naŋ da taa eebo yi Manhyia Palace, ka o da tere bareka puoruu kyaare neŋ a o toŋkpeɛne a Asante naa naŋ toŋ kyaare neŋ a emmaaroŋ zɔɔre faabo wagere.

### 20th Anniversary tigiri maalo
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Osei Tutu II's 20th anniversary tigiri maaloo da eɛ a 21 April 2019, a Dwabirem naŋ be Manhyia Palace. A da e la a tigiri bebi-kpoŋ naŋ da e  Akwasidaekese. Saama teseŋ Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin a Gaana yidaandɔɔ potuuro yuori naŋ e Torgbui Sri, a Awomefia ko a Anlo state da la a noba naŋ da bebe. Saamamine meŋ da da la bebe la Diplomats ane namine naŋ be a  Namibia, Kuwait, Germany, China, Morocco, Latvia, Botswana ane Palestine. A 19 April 2019, Ba da taa la a sod cutting lambo ka ba da tere sori kyaare hostel meɛbo naŋ be a Kwame Nkrumah University of Science ane Technology. A dambieou sod pãã da taaa kyeɛbo ko toma mine teseŋ  GUSS Sports Complex, Beach Soccer Park ane Hospital Car Park.

### 25th Anniversary Celebration
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A 12 May 2024, a Dwabrim (durbar ground) naŋ be a  Manhyia Palace da la la a bebikpoŋ tigiri maaloo ka ba da yeli yelnimizeɛ kyaare a  25th anniversary naŋ e a naa Asantehene baaloŋ bimmu, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II. Dignitaries ane Delegations yi African tenne mine da beebe la ka ba soŋ teɛ a kpaaroŋ ŋa. Ba meŋ da taa la noba meŋ naŋ da yi  Cote d’Ivoire, Niger, Nigeria, South Africa, Togo, Morocco ane Trinidad neŋ Tobago.

Mɛmbare yi a political paatere zaa naŋ be a teŋɛ meŋ da bebe la a kpaaroŋ ŋa.

### Naa kparoŋ yagebo ane nabilii kpaabo
A 2002, Osei Tutu da yagɛɛ Ohenenana Kwaku Duah, a naa ko Bonwire, yi o naŋ da ba la kyɛlɛ sããkonnoŋ kyaare neŋ a nabilii bimmu sobie. A 2009 Nana Kofi Agyei Bi III, naŋ e naa ko Atwimah kparooŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi  o naŋ da koɔre tensɔga naŋ ba senne. A 2015, Nana Mensah Bonsu naa ko Pakyi Number One kparooŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi o naŋ da eŋ a baapaaba da e havoc a paaloŋ. A April 2018, a Atwimahene, Nana Antwi Agyei Brempong II kparooŋ da taa la yagebo yi Asantehene. O toŋɛɛ tombeɛ yi a Great Oath, o naŋ da e a monarch's decrees kyaare neŋ land administration ane yelbeɛre mine. A da wa ta wagere kaŋa la na da di suuri ko o. A June 2019, Osei Tutu II da yagɛɛ namine bayi yineŋ yelbeɛre mine ba naŋ e kyaare neŋ a nakogo. Akyamfou Kwame Akowuah kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi o naŋ da e yelbeɛre mine naŋ be Great Oath ko Asanteman. Nana Ahenkro Sei Ababio III olo meŋ da saaɛŋ yi o naŋ da ba tuuro sobie na naŋ be a baaloŋ ane tensoga yeltare. A July 2020, a Bantamahene da taa la nayiri sɛɛbo kyaare neŋ a  minisare naŋ kyaare land encroachment ane leɛroo ko a Subin river kyɛ da ba taa sori sage koobo. Ba da di la suuri ko o yi nabilii mine naŋ dasɔre sudi. Ba da vɛŋɛɛ ka o da la leɛre koɔroŋ naŋ zaa o na da e kyaare neŋ a land encroachment ane a river diversion kyɛ meŋ da la yɔɔ.

A May 2023, Nana Kwame Owusu Agyeman, a naa ko a Antoa kparoŋ da laŋɛɛ la yi o naŋ da sãã  customary yi o naŋ vɛŋ a arebile da e a Caretaker Chief kyɛ ka o da naŋ beebe. A June, a naa ko a Kwaso, Nana Nketia Boampong II kparoŋ da yagɛɛ la yi ba naŋ da nyɔge neŋ o tensɔgere koɔroŋ. A August 2023, a naa ko a  Adumoa naŋ be a Afigya Kwabre District, Nana Osei Tiri Ababio, kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi tensɔgere o naŋ da koɔre kyɛ da naŋ sãã Saakommoŋ sobiiri mine kyaare  Otumfuo's sobieŋ o naŋ narebinne. A naa ko Bekwai-Abodom, Nana Saforo Koto kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi o naŋ da koɔre tendmsɔga ko Salma tuuribo ane yelbeɛre mine o naŋ da e kyaare neŋ a o naŋ da inni bare  saakonnoŋ tonnɔɛ mine ane a naa ko a Abuontem, Nana Kwaku Duah III, kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ yi tensɔga o meŋ naŋ da koɔre. A December, Nana Baffour Adugyemfuo Kumani, a naa ko a Kwapra naŋ be a Suame Municipality kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi tensɔgere o naŋ da koɔre kyɛ naŋ saa mere ba naŋ biŋ.

A January 2024, Nana Ama Serwaa Nyarko, a napɔge ko a  Offinso kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi gross insubordination. Ba da boɔrɛɛ ka ba da sãã Saakommoŋ yeltare yi ba naŋ da iri neɛ ka o da naŋ e naa kyɛ naŋ na yi nayiriŋ. Ka ba da de o gaa sɛ a nakpoŋ yiriŋ ka o da zagere ka ba da de o gaa neŋ a kɔɔto poɔ.

A August 2024 namine bata kpare da yagɛɛ la yi ba naŋ da de bamenne paale neŋ Salma tugibu poɔ. Ba zaa da yie Sabronum a da taa wederoŋ yi a Gyaasihene, Akyeamehene, ane Baamuhene tutaaloŋ.

A February 2025 a naa ko Ohwim, Nana Kusi Baaye II kparooŋ da yagɛɛ la yi tensɔga koɔroŋ zuiŋ te paale neŋ tensɔgere ana ba naŋ bare ka a e kūū uumo ziiri kyɛ meŋ da paale Salma tugibu poɔŋ.

A March 2025, Nana Amofa Twumasi II, naa ko a Mpasaaso No.2 kparoŋ meŋ da yagɛɛ la yi yɛlɛ o naŋ e kyaare litany of charges. A yele naŋ paale neŋ la leɛre balaa mine ba naŋ da taa kyarare neŋ a o naaloŋ yiriŋ neŋ a nakogo, ineptness in governing his community ane Salma tugibu poɔ o de omeŋɛ paale.

### Tensɔga Guubu Yeltare
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A July 2019, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II da terɛɛ duoruu kyaare neŋ o teɛroŋ o na naŋ de gu neŋ a  bare maŋ be a Asante Kingdom. A paale neŋ a tere 2.5 million sɛlebo a Lake Bosomtwe naŋ na de 400 hectares. A ŋaa naŋ soŋɛɛ neŋ ecosystem, cushion climate change kyɛ naŋ vɛŋ noba baŋ mere na naŋ gu a tensɔga kyaare kori na naŋ be a  bare eŋɛ. A teere sɛlbo da eɛ noɔre lambo yi Oheneba Poku Foundation ane Manhyia Palace ane a  Forestry Commission, a Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a Water Resources Commission, a Ghana Tourism Authority, UNESCO, a District Assemblies ko Bosome-Freho ane Bosumtwe, neŋ a Lake Bosomtwe Community Resources Management Areas (CREMA), naŋ e NGO da la a wedereba.

### Otumfuo Lottery Game
A Asantehene da paalɛɛ National Lottery Authority (NLA) kyɛ naŋ boɔrɔ ka o da piili o neŋ Otumfuo Lottery Game. Ŋa eɛ sobiri o naŋ na tu a bɔ libie a soŋ neŋ a Otumfuo Charity Foundation. A May 2019, o da maalɛɛ kɔmetee ka ba yeli yɛlɛ kyaare a National Lottery Authority (NLA), a State Enterprise Commission (SEC) ane a Asante state's governance team, da terɛɛ yelyaga ko a nakpoŋ ka o da tere sori. A National Association ko Private Lotto Operators ane Agents naŋ be Ghana da wulee ba sagedeebo ka ba soŋ a kɔɔdɛne ŋa ka o yelboɔre da sereŋ nyɛ maaloo.

### British Museum keynote address
A 19 July 2024, Osei Tutu da terɛɛ duoruu sobie kyaare a British Museum naŋ be a London kyaare a yelnyɔgeraa "Asante Culture ane Heritage" ka o maale a o silver jubilee ko Asantehene.

### Heal Komfo Anokye Project
A November 2023 naŋ e restoration project ko a Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital da piilee. Ŋaa da eɛ sobiri naŋ da pikyaare ka o bɔ sommo naŋ na maale  10 million dollars ka ba leɛ maale asibiti yiriŋ. A dɛndɛŋ sobiri naŋ da e leɛ maaloo ko A block da barɛɛ February 2025.

## Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF)
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A Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation da taa la piiluu a April 2009. O yelnyɔgeraa la ka o da areko a nakpoŋ ka o toŋ toma ko a o noba ziiri ayi amine: sakuuri ane asibiti. Yele kyaare a ama, a "Otumfuo Educational Fund" da taa piiluu a 1999 ka ba da zɛge sakuuri do saa a Ghanaians ane a Serwah Ampem AIDS Foundation ko biiri na naŋ taa HIV/AIDS bee naŋ taa a baalbiri. A Educational fund a April 2019, da soŋɛɛ 301,980 sakubiiri neŋ scholarships ane sombo mine. A noɔre ŋa da taa la  25,756  sakubiiri naŋ da nyɛ scholarships ane 276,224 meŋ naŋ da nyɛ libiiri mine sommo bee mine kaŋa. A October 2019, 600 teekyare naŋ pare 600, da nyɛ la sommo yi a foundation's teacher awards programme. Ŋaa da eɛ kyɔɔtare ka o da e puoraa ko teekyare na naŋ da taa naŋe ziiri bee kori kyɛ naŋ na taa fintindigili,  taŋgare, kõɔ sonne ane boma mine naŋ senne nensaala laafeeloŋ. Teekyare gyamaa da zagerɛɛ ka ba da gaa wulo a ziiri ama yi a boma ama kaŋa zaa naŋ da ba kyebe. A Kyɔɔtaɛ da eɛ libie, laptops, refrigerators ane scholarships naŋ na ta PhD zannoo dɔlɔ.

A October 2017, Global paaloŋ sere naŋ paale neŋ a Foundation ka ba piili a  Youth Inclusive Entrepreneurial Development Initiative ko a Employment (YIEDIE) project. A yelnyɔgeraa da kyaare yuomo anuu kyɛ da naŋ taa yelboɔraa ka ba da bɔ toma kyaare a construction industry, ka ba soŋ baapaaba na naŋ na taa toma. Global Communities, naŋ e non-profit organization neŋ a global reach, da toŋɛɛ neŋ kori mine ka ba maale sustainable leɛroo naŋ na baŋ zɛge a nyɔvɔɛ ane kpeɛbo kyaare ziiri ko noba mine naŋ na ba maale taa sommo. A toma ama piiluu da yie a Mastercard Foundation. A toma naŋ na be a Ghana's tembɛrɛ anuu: Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ashaiman, aneŋ Tema a naŋ bɔ toma ko 23,700 baapaaba, yi yuomo 17–24, naŋ na baŋ nyɛ $2 bebiri yenaa.

A November 2017, 4,946 biiri naŋ yi  desekyere anii naŋ be a Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono ane Bono East Regions (Sekyere North, Bekwai Municipality, Atwima Mponua, Bibaini-Anwhiaso-Bekwai, Bosomtwe, Offinso Municipality, New Edubaise ane Goaso district) da nyɛ la computer wulibu mɔla. Ŋaa da nyɛ eebo yi Otumfuo-Agroecom Mobile Library Project (OAMLP), daaroŋ naŋ sigi puli ko a Otumfuo Charity Foundation, ane Agroecom Ghana Ltd, a cocoa naŋ e cocoa koɔroŋ kampane. A yelnyɔgeraa ŋa boɔbo la ka o da waneŋ tɛɛtɛɛloŋ naŋ be  zannoo a urban ane koribilii mine  a vɛŋ kannoo ane  ICT ko sakubiiri naŋ be basic level.

A January 2019, sagebo kaŋa da bebe la ko a Foundation ane Young Educators Foundation naŋ da e a kparoŋ maaleba kyaare Spelling Bee" kyakya. Ŋaa yelboɔraa la ka ba da e  literary programmes ko a Young Educators Foundation naŋ be kori poore ane gɔbena sakue na naŋ be a Ashanti Region. Ŋaa naŋ ko la sakubiiri 100 vuo ka ba nyɛ kyɔɔtare yi a programme yuoni la yuoni zaa.

A May 2020, junior high school sakubiiri naŋ be Kumasi da nyɛ la  gama naŋ na baŋ pare 2000 ane dictionaries. Kori na naŋ da nyɛ a Kyɔɔtaɛ ama la Bohyen, Aduato, Adumanu, Ampabame ane South Suntreso. Ŋaa yelboɔraa da la ka ba da vɛŋ a sakubiiri da naŋ zanna kyɛ ka ba da boɔrɔ sobie na ba naŋ tu kyɛ gu a COVID-19.

A June 2020, a Foundation da terɛɛ gama 750 ko a Junior High School sakubiiri naŋ e  11 basic schools naŋ be a  Ahafo Region of Ghana. A yelnyɔgeraa da la ka ba da naŋ vɛŋ zannoo saa duobu yi a sakubiiri ziiri, a gaŋ a zaa a Basic Education Certificate Examination (BECE).

A July 2020, AngloGold Ashanti da soŋɛɛ a Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation ane a Obuasi Municipal ane East Educational Directorates ka ba da kpɛ Live Radio ane Distance Learning Programme a Obuasi. A yelboɔraa da la ka zannoo da naŋ gɛrɛ nimitɔɔre, kyɛ a naŋ wuli ka sakue da pɔgɛɛ la ka ba bɔ sobie guubu kyaare COVID-19. A Foundation da nyɛ la sommo yi salma turibo neŋ 150,000 Ghana Cedis (GH₵) ka ba da gama 10,000 ane gansɛgere ko a  Junior High School sakubiiri naŋ be a kori naŋ poɔ.

A nansaare kyeo teŋ boɔna "March" a yuoni 2021 poɔŋ, a yuori ko a foundation da taa leɛroo gaa neŋ Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation(OOTIIF). Ŋaa da taa eebo yi Otumfuo Education Fund, a Serwaa Ampem Foundation ko biiri ane Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation naŋ da lantaa a da taa wedereba paleba ane management. A wederba paleba da la Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II naŋ da e a zuzeɛ ane Sam E. Jonah, Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu, Margaret Boateng Sekyere, Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, Akua Ofori-Boateng, Andrew Asamoah, Nana Akuoku Boateng, ane Mariam Agyeman Gyasi Jawhary. 

## Meŋɛ Nyɔvore
Osei Tutu II deɛ Julia Osei Tutu oŋ e o pɔɡe. O taa yɛ biihi bayɔpoi. O taa yɛ bidao yuori aŋ e Nana Opoku Ware, aŋ da e a  "SRC President" a ko "Ghana School of Law a 2025."
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