Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, The Asantehene, Has Let The Ashanti People Down More Than Akufo Addo

 

Tribalism prevented Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, from seeing the Ashanti Region's development.

The history of Ghana would be incomplete without the history of the Ashanti Kingdom because of the Ashanti’s powerful culture, heritage, festivals, and Manhiya Palace, which continue to attract people to visit the Ashanti Region. Sadly, the place is not without its flaws; despite its amazing history, it lacks development and has many filthy areas throughout the town. However, I hold the Asantehene responsible for the lack of progress and development in the Ashanti Region, not Akufo-Addo.

 

This article will reveal my claim that the Asantehene is to blame for the Ashanti Region's lack of progress, even though many may disagree. Everyone knows that the Akufo-Addo administration is among the most useless governments in the world; they are unable to develop the country or create jobs. The question is what steps Asantehene has taken in the past to address the issue, considering that the NPP is a government lacking in development, and more importantly, he criticized Mahama.

 

When Matthew Opoku Prempeh stated that the Ashantis do not need development and that giving them T-shirts alone can secure them the votes the NPP needs, I expected Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, to call Matthew Opoku Prempeh to his palace to discuss the issue and demand an apology from the NPP politician, but he did not. This made me think that the Asantehene, with all his experiences in traveling abroad, still adheres to tribalism rather than development.

 

It surprised me that the Asantehene did not find Matthew Opoku Prempeh's statement disrespectful to him and the Ashanti Kingdom as a whole, in addition to finding it offensive. The Asantehene saw nothing wrong with the NPP government of John Kufuor, the former leader of Ghana, for failing to develop the Ashanti Region sufficiently, and similarly, under the administration of Akufo-Addo, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II failed to improve the lot of the Ashanti people.

 

Let Asantehene tell Ghanaians what Akufo-Addo has accomplished in the Ashanti Region, since these are John Mahama's accomplishments in that region alone.

 

MARKETS

Kumasi Kejetia Ultramodern Market

(Contain school, police station, rest place, and hospital). One of the best in Africa.

Tafo market

Asawase market

Atonsu market

HOSPITALS

Sawiya hospital

37 military hospital

Fomina hospital

Kumawu hospital

Tepa hospital

Bekwai hospital

Eye care centre inside Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (KATH)

ROADS

Suame Road, Tafo Road, High School Junction to Gyenyase Road, Kenyase Road, Bomso to High School Road, Kwetei to Aduase Road, Tech Campus, Fomina to Boadi Road, Bonwire Junction to Bonwire Road, Aprade to Pakoso Road, Tikrom to Bawoso to Antoa road, New Adubease town roads, Bekwae town roads, Bonfa junction to Asiwa road, Bekwai to Asiwa road, Kumawu to Droboso road, Tepa manfo to Subreso to Fante roads

E-BLOCK SCHOOLS

Paakoso Community Day School

Agric Nzima Community Day School

Banka Community Day School

Adobe Wura Community Day School

Adogyama Community Day School

Droboso Community Day School

Bosomtwe Oyoko Community Day School

Kwabena Kwakrom Community Day School

Asuoso-Offinso Community Day School

Adanse Apagya Community Day School

Adanse Fumso Community Day School

Tepa Manfo Community Day School

Adwira Community Day School

WATER PROJECTS

Kumawu water supply

Konongo water supply

OTHER PROJECTS

Kumasi Shoe Factory

Kumasi Airport Expansion

 

The Asantehene's disdain for the advancement of the Ashanti Region has affected the whole nation. Reluctant to be associated with criticism of Akufo-Addo, he remained silent as the NPP utterly ruined the country. But just when things were improving under Mahama and the economy appeared to be expanding, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II joined the tribe in their assault on Mahama. He works as a fundraiser these days to collect funds to keep hospitals open.

 

The request for financial support to save the Okomfo Anokye hospital should have been the responsibility of the NPP government rather than the Asantehene. However, the embarrassment of this deplorable fundraising extends beyond the NPP and touches the Asantehene personally as well. Not only does the Okomfo Anokye Teaching Hospital require renovation, but the roads throughout the Ashanti Region are in terrible shape, and the Asantehene is revered by the tribal people due to his wealth and abundance of gold.

 

Ghana is undoubtedly a sick nation, home to thousands of people whose minds have been irreparably ruined by tribalism. Many people continue to admire Akufo-Addo and Asantehene despite sleeping next to filthy gutters and dirty environments. However, since the latter recognized his error, he is now asking for money to rescue things, which to me seems too late, but I am very glad he has acted responsibly to expose the incompetence of Akufo-Addo.

 

 Asantehene, who for a long time refused to warn Akufo-Addo as I did during his reckless spending of state money at a time the nation was gradually shifting into dire straits, is rather to blame for the collapse of the nation's economy, businesses, and investments. Kumasi is currently one of the largest metropolitan areas in Ghana, but its environment is extremely dirty, while the nation is currently burdened with massive debt and a lack of accountability; yet, foolish individuals such as K T Hammond will come out and say the NPP will break the eighth cycle.

 

I'm not going to stop warning Ghanaians, even if it means losing my head. The current political and economic crisis is only the tip of the iceberg of the agony that has driven many individuals, including women, to take their own lives. What is about to come will be far worse. Ghanaians will recognize their foolishness for permitting a group of family political criminals to control the nation as politicians if they encourage rigging through vote buying to help these criminals win power in 2024.

 

Racism: A Serious Problem Dividing People And Destroying Communities

Racial protest in America

Very often, if the word racism is mentioned, the idea that comes to mind is white people hating black people. That's true; however, we have black people who hate white people, too, and black people who hate other black people. 

The latter is one of the biggest issues in the United States of America, often leading to violence in black communities. There are thousands of cases involving blacks killing blacks in the United States of America, but such cases are not given enough attention in America until the whites killing blacks changed things today, through the 'Black Lives Matter' movement.

 

Even in Africa, especially, South Africa, there is still racism, despite the number of years that have passed since the fall of Apartheid, because the white community that has taken over black properties, including land, feels superior. Till now, many regret the fall of Apartheid since they consider black people inferior in their own country.

In almost every African country, tribalism reigns, as citizens or indigenous people hate others because they come from different clans, tribes, or villages. For example, in Ghana, an Ashanti can hate a Fanti, Ga, or Hausa, just because they come from different regions, just like how in Nigeria, a Yoruba hates an Igbo man, or the Mende hating Creole in Sierra Leone.  Tribalism and nepotism are some of the biggest problems in Africa.

 

Power corrupts a person, as well as the mind; therefore, to gain power over others and to dominate others, those who have the power take it as an opportunity to rise above other poor and vulnerable people. That might be one of the reasons slavery probably came about, because Africa was and still is one of the least undeveloped and weakest continents in the world. Even though the US didn't colonize any African country, its allies in Western Europe decimated and brutalized Africa.

 

If actually, we actually need to discuss slavery, it will be incomplete to name racism as the main source leading to that. There is more to slavery than dwells on the natural potentials of Africa, ranging from gold, diamonds, tin, cobalt, manganese, bauxite, and other precious minerals found in African soil. Those pure natural resources have become the curse of Africa from the time of slavery, colonialism, Apartheid, to the deliberate infection of diseases on the continent today.

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Drawings related to the slave trade

As a matter of fact, no organization or person can fight racism and discrimination in our society today, but it can be reduced. But one thing racists and white supremacists must first understand is that nobody lives forever. Everyone will die and leave this world. So what is the significance of hating someone or claiming you are superior to him when all of you will leave this world in your graves?

Another point is when the rain falls, hardly does it fall on one man's house; everyone's house becomes wet. Therefore, those interested in violence and supporting racism will have a taste of their own handiwork if violence breaks out in our communities. They will feel the impact of destruction and death in their homes.

For peace, security, and the future of our children, we need to bury racism and discrimination and create a friendly, healthy, and peaceful environment through integration and the diversity of culture, for the next generation. 

That's the only way their time will be different from ours because we have witnessed too much violence, bloodshed, and death that we are no longer interested in seeing any more.