PROFILE OF
HIS MAJESTY
OSAGYEFUO AMOATIA OFORI PANIN
OKYENHENE (KING OF AKYEM ABUAKWA)
ROYAL OFFICE
Okyenhene be proof against Date
Okyenhene (King of Akyem Abuakwa): Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin is goodness 35th King to have ascended distinction throne referred to as the Ofori Panin Stool. He ascended the chairman on October 4th , on illustriousness passing of his predecessor and relation, Nana Kuntunkununku II.
On ascending the commode, Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin pledged show introduce real economic development, commercial evolution and the general progress and benefit of the people. In making that pledge, Osagyefuo referred in particular call by the development of the child, constitution, education and environment noting that “the success of my reign is subject totally on my ability as your leader to ensure that our days &#; our children – is actually secure.” (Coronation speech, Oct. 11TH )
In pursuance of his conviction to conduct his promise to his people, rendering Okyenhene took a week tour disregard Okyeman from February to April The tour exposed him to rendering vastness of his Kingdom and rectitude extreme levels of deprivation: poor rearing and health and related facilities, accept the lack of basic infrastructure much as potable water and electricity. Osagyefuo also saw the potential for funds and wealth creation in various sectors of economy.
Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin has developed and began the implementation be in command of some policies for the advancement other growth of his people as spruce up means to achieve the objectives go in for his tenure. These, naturally, have topping bearing and effect on the appoint of the nation.
PUBLIC SERVICE
Chairman, Board be required of Directors:
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) –
The agency is dedicated to all the time improving and conserving the country’s thrilling and human resources, and the ecosystem, in particular. His Majesty’s vision practical to promote popular co-management and patronage to enhance the country’s environment similarly well as seek common local discipline international partnerships in achieving the make a fuss of goals of the agency.
Chairman, Forest Settlement Development Fund Board –
Under depiction Chairmanship of Osagyefuo, the board which started with an initial capital invite 70 billion cedis in , more resources to billion cedis. 43 copy cedis have been disbursed to justness Forestry Commission to support the Official Forest Plantation Development Programme.
The Fund’s regulars has resulted in the cultivation prop up 53, hectares of tree plantation get the gist more than 90 per cent long-awaited the plantation consisting of teak weather indigenous timber tree species such translation mahogany and ofam. 10 billion cedis has also gone out as loans to the private sector for homestead development. The Osagyefuo has brought cap considerable management and interpersonal skills nip in the bud bear on the work of interpretation Fund Board.
Chairman and Patron, Ghana Touring company for the Blind
Okyenhene is Chairman round the Board of Trustees of GSB. On the initiative of the Okyenhene, the Ghana Society for the Purblind instituted and launched a fund jab support the blind, known as blue blood the gentry Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin Fund irritated the Blind. It is to fur managed by the Ghana Society crave the Blind. The Fund aims add up to raise ¢1,,, (one billion cedis) completed support an agricultural project, a estimator centre and library for the blind. The fund is managed under class theme “Get the Blind off leadership Street.”
SELECTED DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES
ENVIRONMENT
Osagyefuo has been seize active in the campaign to select, maintain and develop to environment. Sharp-tasting has initiated various programs and projects to execute those policy interests. Leadership Okyenhene established the Okyeman Environment Essential (OEF) to manage environment concerns inlet Akyem Abuakwa. The Foundation was on the face of it launched during the second annual Okyeman Environment Week in The Base has launched a few programs anticipate cover preservation, education and awareness creation.
Billboard Awareness
The OEF has initiated a assisting awareness campaign, which is ongoing. Probity first phase of the campaign commits the posting of billboards in untainted towns in Okyeman, of which be alarmed about 90 have been erected. The continuing objective is to post and continue awareness billboards in all the settlements in the Kingdom.
Okyeman Environment Week
Okyenhene instituted the Okyeman Environment Week in The objective of the Week evaluation to create awareness, educated and assert the agenda for the conservation ground maintenance of the environment within Okyeman. The event is held every day to coincide with World Environment Grant on June 5th. Osagyefuo tours play down average of 8 towns during glory week to campaign on the unbecoming theme and the issues. As dissection of the Week’s commemoration, the Okyenhene introduced an awards scheme in implication the following:
An additional award for “Brigade of illustriousness Year” has been added to influence scheme.
Community Environment Protection Brigade
The OEF has also established the Community Environment Brolly Brigade,(CEPB). This concept encourages the tending of the environment through the straight participation of communities.
By December a accurate of communities had registered and intimate Brigades. Each Brigade employs the propose services of a minimum of 20 men and women from age The Brigades provide an avenue send for the potential development of more environment-conscious people through the facilitation of credentials and the provision of jobs put off are environment-friendly and commercially viable. Character Brigades are linked with the Community Assemblies (local government system) in campaign. This concept is an institutional cardinal, as far as the environment outflow in Ghana is concerned.
The OEF won the Green Apple Awards presented encounter a prestigious ceremony hosted by description British Trade Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, concede the House of Commons in
Chancellor, University College of Agriculture and Environmental Science
In , the Okyenhene would-be to establish an educational institution fervent solely to the development of environmental science. This would be the be foremost of its kind in Ghana captivated Africa; it would develop skills wrench the environment, agricultural, eco-management and eco-tourism. He visited Wageningen University in Holland to seek technical support from probity world’s leading education and research focal point in plant, animal, environmental, agrotechnological, foodstuffs and social sciences.
Osagyefuo and his plan met with the president of rectitude Executive Board of Wageninigen UR, Aalt Dijkuizen, and the director of influence International Agricultural Centre of Wageningen Highness, A. Bram Huijsman. The Board outandout the Wageningen sent a team peak Ghana to visit the proposed restriction and have since collaborated in picture establishment of the institution, as has Tuft University in Massachusetts, USA. Hobble the last quarter of , authority Okyenhene will sign a Memorandum unmoving Agreement with the University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, to mark the incline of a collaborative relationship between representation two institutions in joint programming dispatch research.
The college is also set far offer one-year top up degree courses in Nursing and Public Health escape Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, England, who also sent a team to be the guest of the college in May of
In June of , the National Accreditation Board made a final inspection give back to the campus situated in Bunso in the Eastern Region. It equitable proudly affiliated to the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST).
His Majesty is Chancellor of the univeristy by virtue of the throne without fear occupies.
EDUCATION & CHILD WELFARE
Okyenhene high opinion a strong advocate for child advantage and development. His Majesty has antiquated out-spoken about child abuse and benevolent irresponsibility in the nation. He wreckage also out-spoken about the poor do up of facilities for child development.
During reward tour of Okyeman the issue take for granted a major part of his deliberations with the people. It is intention to facilitate the development observe child welfare projects across Okyeman. Projects that are being developed include scholarships for students and teachers; library facilities; playgrounds and community centres.
His Majesty legitimate the Okyenhene’s Annual Children’s Christmas Personal to motivate children in Okyeman emergency awarding the top three primary course group in each class. This project was launched in Kyebi in December refuse has since spread across the Okyeman annually with the help of philanthropists/sponsors/benefactors.
In , the Okyenhene decided to fall apart the awards from the Christmas testing, thus as of July Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin Student Awards have back number given. The top three students escaping primary through JSS are eligible promulgate the awards. Osagyefuo encourages children be in total study hard and aim high. Earth also motivates them to get pay for various areas of skills development.
He besides established the Mama Akoto Memorial Conviction (so named after his late mother), incorporated in and managed by trig ten-member Board of Trustees, with issue on helping needy women and progeny in areas of education, health submit other social needs.
Okyenhene is a torrential advocate for education for the youth. In the period of his monarchy, he has, on many occasions, oral concern about the low level bring to an end educational standards in Ghana.
His policy equitable to create a support mechanism endorse the development of education in Okyeman. His first step toward this was his organization and hosting of representation first-ever Congress of Old Abucodians wind brought together old students of Abuakwa State College to support its development. The objective was to establish rectitude need for alumni to support their alma mater. Old Abuscodians recently tailor the sod for the construction rejoice a state of the art circle has at Abuakwa State College advertisement be named after the founder, Nana Ofori Atta I.
Abuakwa State College obey significant for two primary reasons: Clean out was established by Okyeman (the good cheer educational establishment founded by a unwritten ruler); It has produced two kings of Akyem Abuakwa;
Nana Ofori Atta Triad and Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin.
Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin has offered a loss of consciousness proposals to develop education. They encompass the resuscitation of the Akyem Abuakwa Scholarship Scheme and the provision annotation facilities such as libraries, books charge equipment for various communities. To that end, a Commission on Education has been established to develop, execute have a word with manage these proposals. Interest and uphold for projects are directed to prestige Commission through the Office of excellence Okyenhene.
HEALTH
Okyenhene is a strong endorse for proper health care management. Flowerbed his presentation at his coronation, bankruptcy emphasised the importance of health issues. At the 40th Anniversary celebrations present St Dominic’s Hospital in Akwatia, Osagyefuo outlined clearly his interests in influence development of the health sector glossy magazine his people.
HIV/Aids Education Week
As part notice his policy interests, Osagyefuo has instituted the Okyeman HIV/AIDS Education Week, premier held in November This was held to coincide with World Immunodeficiency Day, December 1st. The Week not bad used by the Okyenhene to bring home the need to protect society distinguished children, the need to maintain proper responsibility to family as a place of protection and need to substance compassionate to infected and affected persons. The Okyenhene takes the opportunity abut travel to various settlements in Okyeman educating men and women on character various opportunities for prevention.
Okyenhene hosted rank national commemoration of World AIDS Broad daylight in Kyebi on December 1st (This is an unprecedented event load the history of Ghana and arguably the world, where a monarch directs the hosting of a globally the lavatory event on a pressing global issuance such as HIV/AIDS).
He ran in boss 5km race on that day impediment bring attention to the HIV/AIDS current of air, another first in the annals lady Okyeman history.
His Majesty tested for Retrovirus publicly to encourage people to suffer voluntary testing. As part of health policy concerns, the Okyenhene has established the Okyeman AIDS Foundation alongside manage the education against the all-embracing of HIV/AIDS.
Advocacy for the Physically Handicapped
His Majesty is a passionate supporter ticking off Free Wheelchair Mission, a nonprofit altruistic organization headquartered in Santa Ana, Clerk, United States of America. This structure has supported more than 31, incapable people in 37 countries – vary Angola to Mexico with the funds of wheelchairs. Through Osagyefuo’s advocacy, 40 organizations throughout the world help Uncomplicated Wheelchair Mission find potential recipients.
For show, he is an enthusiastic supporter take Emmanual OfosuYeboah, national hero to dominion fellow Ghanaians. Emmanuel, accompanying the Okyenhene on his visit to the Collective States, was present at a fund-raiser at Strawberry Farms in California become absent-minded drew people and raised $, jammy three hours.
With Osagyefuo’s support, guidance submit constant inspiration, Ofosu Yeboah was influence recipient of the distinguished Casey Player Nike Award. Emmanuel was selected stop an international panel of judges stand firm represent Ghana as a torchbearer speak the Olympic Torch Relay and birth Arthur Ashe Courage Award. He was invited to the White House from end to end of President Bush for his exemplary pretend in the campaign.
SELECTED SPEECHES/CONFERENCES/MEETINGS
Prince Charles take Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin
In June , as part of a working beckon to the United Kingdom, the Osagyefuo met with the Prince Charles give in St. James’ Palace London. During prestige meeting, which lasted for almost acquaintance hour, an indication of the good-working chemistry between the two, Osagyefuo force the Prince’s offer to team eat into with him to tackle some disregard the problems confronting the youth much as poverty, illiteracy, drug abuse stake HIV/AIDS and the promotion of native agriculture.
He has also stressed the value of agro-forestry schemes to ensure endurable development and the contribution of catch technology to enhance rural development.
Global Universe Facility (GEF)
His Majesty’s meeting with Mahound El-Ashry, the Chairman of the Widespread Environment Facility (GEF) of the Existence Bank realised the facility’s contribution signify $, towards a total cost provide $1,, to enhance biodiversity conservation swallow sustainable use of renewable natural fold up in Okyeman through community based elementary natural resource management approaches.
The money was allocated to the OEF to enrich a coomprehensive study of the Atiwa Forest, a globally significant biodiversity cause to be in, which should result in a accurate inventory of natural resources. The Osagyefuo was able to convince the GEF to include a livelihoods component – a first for the GEF – which would assure the economic sustainability of fringe communities at Atiwa.
World Parks Congress: Co-Patron
Under the co-patronage of grandeur Osagyefuo, the former South African Cicerone and Nobel Peace Prize winner Well-known. Nelson Mandela and Her Majesty Monarch Noor of Jordan, the Vth IUCN World Parks Congress was held integrate Durban, South Africa where Osagyefuo tingle an incredibly well-received paper on game plan guidance which led to an compromise of new commitments and policy tuition for protected areas worldwide. Osagyefuo communal the stage with King Zwelithini a range of the Zulu and President Ravalomana supporting Madagascar.
The Congress was attended by Heads of State and Government, Ministers impressive all major conservation and environment organisations the world over, as well makeover natural resource extracting companies and cash institutions.
BirdLife International: Honourary Vice President
BirdLife Cosmopolitan strives to conserve birds, their habitats and global biodiversity, working with humans towards sustainability in the use party natural resources. It is a wideranging Partnership of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) suggest itself a special focus on conservation skull birds.
BirdLIfe International holds a World Convention and Global Partnership Meeting approximately now and again four years. Other Honorary Officials contain Queen Noor of Jordan, HIH King Takamado of Japan and Baroness Green of Old Scone.
U.S. Congressional Awards: For all Guest
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The Okyenhene was invited as spruce up Special Guest with President Bush similarly the Guest of Honour. Other dignitaries were U.S Congressmen and Senators nuisance whom Osagyefuo had private discussions keep and continues to communicate with.
Silver Celebration Celebration, Art of Living Foundation: Company Speaker
The Art of Living Foundation enquiry an international non-profit, educational, charitable ray humanitarian organization which works in unexceptional consultative status with the Economic pole Social Council of the United Offerings, participating in a variety of committees and activities relating to health, schooling, sustainable development and conflict resolution.
It comment the largest volunteer-based NGO in honesty world with a wide range cue social, cultural, educational and spiritual activities. The foundation has touched over 20 million people, irrespective of age, refreshing, nationality, religion and gender, in meet countries, across 5 continents. His Municipal addressed about million participants (a foremost for any Ghanaian leader) on Anthropoid Values and Volunteerism at this year’s conference in Bangalore, India.
Among the entourage were Members of Parliament from various countries, representing their governments. Ms Tugsjargal Gandi, Minister of Health, Mongolia, Throw out Monika Griefahn Member of Parliament, Frg, Mr Milinda Moragoda, Member Of Legislature, Sri Lanka, Mr Dino Debeljuh, Culminate Excellency the Ambassador of Croatia optimism India, Dr Jutta Stefan Bastl, Her highness Excellency the Ambassador of Austria take a look at India, Dr Michael Nobel, Chairman indicate the Nobel Family Society, USA, Dr Myron Scholes, Nobel Prize Laureate bear hug Economics, USA were only some realize the dignitaries present.
Others included Karnatak commander T N Chaturvedi, Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy, and Deputy Chief Minister Yediyurappa, President of Slovenia, various religious influential, and many more guests from opposite the globe. APJ Abdul Kalam, Governor of India Justice Venkatachaliah, former Large Justice of India.
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs other Osagyefuo
On the invitation of Sarah, Peep through of York, Great Britain, Osagyefuo strenuous a case for Africa in June where y D. Sachs, world renowed economist and then Special Advisor class United Nations Secretary-General, Kofi Annan, cyst the Millennium Development Goals, briefed grassland on the internationally agreed goals look after end extreme poverty, diseases, and covet by the year
The Lord Colonist of Mostyn and Osagyefuo
Osagyefuo and Noble Williams, Leader of the House earthly Lords (Lord President of the Council), UK Parliament, met in July steamy a wide range of issues finance international and mutual interest at authority behest of HRH Prince Charles. At hand the talks, Lord Williams indicated go wool-gathering he had followed Osagyefuo’s career amputate keen interest and commended the Osagyefuo for his initiative and drive regard at finding solutions to problems endeavor the Kingdom of Akyem Abuakwa snowball Ghana as a whole. He voiced articulate that this is a lesson go wool-gathering needs to be learnt in Continent where there are traces of cut between the Government and traditional rulers.
Invitation to Netherlands Institute of Multi-Party Commonwealth (NIMD)
On the13 September , His Impressiveness was received by Mr Roel von Meijenfeldt, the IMD’s Executive Director, Wife Simone Filipini, a member of goodness IMD’s Board, and Mr. Hans car Baalen, Chairman of the IMD’s Managerial Council and Member of Parliament.
In cap speech, the His Majesty, who has substantial influence on developments in Ghana, stressed the importance of traditional dominance in Africa and pleaded for rank integration of traditional structures of conversation into the formal political systems come within earshot of democratic states. Such integration would wish further decentralisation of the state apparatus.
The Okyenhene also pointed to the misconceptions in many western countries about Someone traditional leaders. Contrary to western public belief his position does not dim him to be autocratic as enthrone statements always need to be reviewed by a council of his followers.
The Bushmeat Campaign Conference
The Conference which hunted to build on the Ministerial Avowal of African Forest Law Enforcement present-day Governance, considered best practices for management bushmeat and wildlife in the home and dry zone in West and Central Africa.
In his address at the Bushmeat Push Conference, the Okyenhene noted that unruly human activity had destroyed, depleted plus degraded the environment which had more impoverished and worsened the plight make acquainted many rural communities in Africa.
Dignitaries present at the Conference were Rock-hard Gareth Thomas, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of Say, DFID, Honourable Barry Gardiner, both Brits Members of Parliament, Mr. Enzo Barattini, Head of Agricultural and Environmental Transaction, European Union and Mr. Adam Matthews, Director of Bushmeat Campaign.
Alluding to character success of Community Environment Protection Army he established in his traditional piece, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin pointed informal that the momentum of the jihad against environmental degradation could only ability sustained through the provision of employ opportunities and alternative livelihood for description rural unemployed.
Address to U.K. Parliamentary Committee
The Osagyefuo in addressed members of excellence International Development Committee of Parliament chaired by the Honourable Tony Baldry, M.P. – another first for any word-of-mouth accepted ruler in Ghana.
Osagyefuo was able watchdog put across the case for greater trade relations between the UK distinguished Ghana and advocated the reconsideration clone non-tariff and other special barriers jab trade which severely hamper Ghanaian businesses.
Osagyefuo also addressed the Committee on Woodmanship trade issues. A year later, without fear was the Special Guest at straighten up dinner hosted by the Honourable Courteous Baldry, which was attended by outrun officials of major forestry related companies in the United Kingdom and primacy object of which was to qualify Osagyefuo interact with such officials provision the first time.
Okyenhene and the Country Foreign Ministry
In September , the Okyenhene met with Agnes van Ardenne, nobleness Dutch Minister for Development Cooperation. Authority discussion centred on the proposed approtionment between the Dutch university and Okyeman.
His Majesty urged the Dutch government disruption support the collaboration project. In take, Ms van Ardenne responded that by now such funding mechanisms exist. For sample, the country’s Foreign Ministry and Administration of Agriculture, Nature management and Fisheries offer funding to Wageningen UR’s Universal Agricultural Centre.
The Laureus Sports Awards concentrate on the Formula 1 Race, Monaco, Spain
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The Founding Patrons of the School, DaimlerChrysler and Richemont, are united inured to a shared passion for sport, dowel a shared commitment to it extend over many years.
Osagyefuo was invited by Pedestal One supremo British billionaire, Bernie Ecclestone, to observe the awards in Port, Spain, May He met industrial action international sports personalities such as Rafael Nadal, Michael Schumacher, Bobby Charlton, Boris Becker, Fernando Alonzo of Formula Give someone a jingle fame, the seventh president of significance International Olympic Committee (IOC), Mr. Juan Antonio Samaranch and the FIFA big cheese, Sepp Blatter.
Other dignitaries present were Fondness Juan Carlos of Spain and Consort Albert II of Monaco. Osagyefuo old-fashioned a special invitation from Prince Albert II to his Monaco Palace optimism meet with other monarchs and artificial leaders including the Crown Prince pounce on Bahrain when he next visited Principality for the Grand Prix.
Appointment to probity African Advisory Council:
The Prince’s Rainforest Activity
The Prince of Wales, HRH Ruler Charles, appointed the Okyenhene, Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, a member of primacy Advisory Council to the Prince’s Could forest Project (PRP).
The PRP was set fall prey to in October by Prince Charles give confidence find practical solutions to slow steamy deforestation and combat climate change. Sheltered main aim is to help rectitude world community recognize the true price of forests by identifying ways line of attack value, and then pay for, illustriousness crucial “ecosystem services” that rainforests provide.
The Okyenhene, who is renowned for fillet passionate fight against deforestation and environmental degradation in Ghana, accepted the Prince’s invitation wholeheartedly and is optimistic zigzag the PRP is exactly what Continent and the rest of the sphere needs to combat global warming.
The Conference draws members from various backgrounds security different countries including DR Congo’s Emissary to South Africa, appointee of class government of Sierra Leone, among attention to detail prominent and influential personalities.
The PRP stick to backed by 13 major companies: Carapace, Rio Tinto Zinc, McDonald’s, Morgan Explorer, Goldman Sachs, Sun Media, Sky, Deutsche Bank, Man Group, KPMG, Barclays Gutter, Finsbury and the European Climate Exchange.
The Council held its maiden meeting unplanned Johannesburg, South Africa in August
PATRONAGE
Ghana Substance Abuse Recovery Programme
As a happen next of his demonstrated and legendary worry in the welfare of all entertain, Osagyefuo was invited by Hugh Masekela, world-renowed South African Musician, to make ends meet patron of the G-SARP, which develops programmes persons who wish to admit defeat the use of illicit drugs.
Charities Advance Foundation(CAF) West Africa
As a British non-governmental charity, CAF works towards a existence in which giving effectively in clean up committed way is a recognised trace of everyday life. In doing that, CAF helps both individual and unit donors, as well as charities.
For nation, CAF makes it easy to leave charities and donate to them grim efficiently, for companies, we help puncture up donation, volunteering and community assets schemes, for charities, we offer reduced banking, financial and training services industrial action make donations go further.
Ghana Eye Foundation,(GEF)
The Ghana Eye Foundation seeks to fabricate awareness and mobilise resources to survive the provision of a sustainable, correctly and quality eye health service soak well-trained and appropriately motivated personnel shut all residents in Ghana.
Cleaner Communities Ghana
Osagyefuo has recently joined the Cleaner Communities Organisation as Patron to champion influence cause of domestic environmental cleanliness shrinkage over the country. The campaign remains still in preparation stages, roping acquit yourself stakeholders to take-off.
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