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ASANTEMAN HONORS UN CHIEF KOFI ANNAN

By The Journalist

KUMASI, GHANA:- Otumfuo Osei Tutu II and Asanteman honored the Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency, Mr. Kofi Annan and his wife Nane, during a 10-day visit to Ghana. The event occurred on Saturday, August 17, 2002. Attended by dignitaries such as Ghana’s Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama and his wife, Asantehemaa, Nana Afua Kobi Serwaa Ampem, Asantehemaa, Mr. J. H. Mensah, Minister of Parliamentary Affairs, Mr. S. K. Boafo, Regional Commissioner, Ashanti Region, His Grace Rt. Rev. Dr. Peter Akwasi Sarpong,, Arch-Bishop, Kumasi Diocese of the Catholic Church among others.

Mr. Annan was there to receive an honorary award in the form of the title ‘Busumuru’ and a 24-Karat long gold chain lumped together and up to his waist. In accepting this wonderful gesture, Mr. Annan addressed the packed crowd of how the event had been cultivated with Otumfuo last year abroad. The U.N. chief thanked the crowd for the wonderful reception and appealed to them to help him in his fight for making the world a better place.

Mr. Annan would later right after the ceremony stop by and visit with Baffour Osei Akoto, a long-time friend of Annan’s dad.

Later during the visit, Mr. Annan and his entourage went over the northern part of the country where he continued to spread the goodwill. Turn to Pages 20 and 21 for a brief pictorial.

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