Asuom Celebrates Asuomhemaa

Nana Yaa Anamah, Osagyefou Amoatia Ofori-Panin, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, Nana Adutwumwaa Dokua

The Okyenhene, Osagyefou Amoatia Ofori-Panin, First Lady Rebecca Akufo-Addo, ex-President Jerry John Rawlings and Her Royal Majesty, Nana Adutwumwaa Dokua II, Okyenhemaa, will lead a high-powered delegation of chiefs and queen mothers of Akyem Abuakwa to honour the longest-serving queen mother of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Nana Yaa Anamah II, Asuomhemaa, on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at Akyem Asuom.

Ministers and MPs who are expected to grace the occasion include Kofi Dzamesi, Minister of Chieftaincy & Religious Affairs; Kingsley Ahenkorah, MP, Tema West, who hails from Asuom; Kwasi Amoako Attah, MP for Atiwa West and Minister of Roads & Highways; O.B. Amoah, MP for Aburi-Nsawam and Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Attah Kyea, MP for Abuakwa South and Minister for Works & Housing and others.

Meanwhile, Osabarima Ofosuhene Apenteng II, Asuomhene, says the sons and daughters of Asuom are ready to host thousands of visitors who will throng the town on Saturday.

He added that residents of the Kwaebibirem District are eager to see Osagyefou Amoatia Ofori-Panin, Mrs Akufo-Addo, a host of ministers, MPs and queen mothers of the Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area.

The celebration is under the theme: ‘celebrating a traditional leadership of excellence, the role of women in modern chieftaincy’ and the programme seeks to render gratitude to God and celebrate the achievements of Nana Yaa Anamah II for serving her subjects 75 years and still counting.