The Minister of Communications Mrs Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has accepted the offer to become the development queen (Nkosuohemaa) of Akyem Asuom in the Kwaebibirem District of the Eastern Region.
The offer was made to the Member of Parliament (MP) for Ablekuma West by the chiefs and people of Asuom when she attended the 75th anniversary celebration of Nana Yaa Anamah II, the longest-serving queenmother of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area at Asuom at the weekend.
Mrs Owusu-Ekuful’s educational and political backgrounds, as well as achievements in life influenced the chiefs and people of Asuom to make her the Nkosuohemaa.
The Communications Minister, who represented President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo arrived at the durbar grounds in the company of the Deputy Minister of Trade, who is also the MP for Tema West, Mr Carlos Kingsley Ahenkorah, who hails from Asuom.
In her acceptance speech, the MP for Ablekuma West assured the people of Asuom that she would team up with other prominent natives of the constituency, namely Mr Ahenkorah, the Minister of Roads and Highways, Mr Kwasi Amoako-Attah; the District Chief Executive (DCE) for Kade, Mr Antwi Boasiako; MP for Kade, Mr Ohemeng-Tinyase, a media practitioner, Oheneba Charles, and others to bring development to the town.
President delighted
She said the President was delighted to note that the longest-serving queenmother of Akyem Abuakwa was from Asuom; and assured Nana Yaa Anamah that her prayerful wish that a vocational training centre be built and named after her would be supported by the government.
In a congratulatory message read on behalf of Osagyefo Amoatia Ofori Panin, Okyenhene, the Adontenhene of Akyem Abuakwa Traditional Area, Daasebre Boamah Darko, said: “Your courage, politeness and intelligence that have characterised your image always leave indelible positive impact on the people you meet and interact with.
The Okyenhemaa, Nana Adutwumwaa Dokua II, also congratulated Nana Yaa Anamah II, saying, “Indeed, any nation that does not honour its heroes and heroines is not worth dying for. Nana Yaa Anamah has devoted her whole life by serving the chiefs and people of Asuom and Akyem Abuakwa.
Asuomhene, Osabarima Ofosuhene Apenteng II, led the chiefs and people of Asuom to present a citation and gifts to Nana Yaa Anamah.
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