Bank Of Ghana Authorises Issuance Of Commemorative Coins To Celebrate Asantehene After Receiving The ‘Pillar Of Peace’ Award

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has been presented with the 'Pillar of Peace' award at the maiden Africa Premier Leadership Awards held in Kumasi.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu was recognised for the tremendous role he played in leading the Committee of Eminent Chiefs to restore peace to the Dagbon Traditional Area after 16 years of a bitter chieftaincy dispute, as well as his immense contribution to the peace, stability and development of the country.

Designed to recognise Africans who have excelled in their various fields of endeavour, the Africa Premier Leadership Awards were instituted by an Accra-based Ghanaian business solutions provider, the E ON 3 Group, in collaboration with the International Centre for the Promotion of Human Rights (CIPDH Africa).

Other implementing partners include the GBSH Consult Group Worldwide, the UAE-Africa Development Consortium, the Future Africa Foundation and Novel Vision.



High-level attendance

An array of dignitaries from Ghana and the African Diaspora attended the ceremony at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi on December 29, 2019.

They included former President John Agyekum Kufuor, the Minister of Trade and Industry, Mr Alan Kyerematen; the Chairman of the Council of State, Nana Otuo Siriboe II; the wife of the Asantehene, Lady Julia Osei Tutu, and the President of the Africa Premier Leadership Awards, Mr Richard Adjei Mensah Ofori Atta.

Those fron the African Diaspora were the Founder of the Panama World Trade and Investment Foundation, Dr Melida Harris Barrow; Senator Myron D. Jackson, the Vice-President of the Legislature of the US Virgin Islands; the Mayor of the City of Newark, New Jersey, USA, Mr Ras J. Baraka, and the Group Executive Chairman of the GBSH Consult Group Worldwide, Prof. Dr Tal Edgars, who is also the Chairman of the Africa Premier Leadership Awards.