2024 National Best Farmer Supports Heal KATH
The country’s best farmer for the year 2024 has supported the Heal Komfo Anokye Project spearheaded by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene.
On February 12, 2025, during a courtesy visit to pay homage at the second Awukudae Festival, Nana Owusu Achiaw Brempong presented ¢100,000 to Manhyia Palace in support of the revenue mobilization initiative for the renovation of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital in Kumasi.
He also used the occasion to present to the King his award from the 40th National Best Farmer Awards ceremony, which was held on November 8, 2024, in Accra.
Other Donations
The mini durbar at the Manhyia Palace witnessed donations from groups and individuals in support of the Heal KATH project.
The Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service donated ¢300,000; the New York-based pro-Asante association Opemsuo Nananom donated US$5000; and the Kokofu Dadease Traditional Council gave ¢5000
All the donations were received by Nana Prof Boachie Adjei Woahene, Otumfuo Hiahene, and will subsequently be handed over to the Committee in charge of the project.
About Heal KATH
The Heal KATH project is a US10 million revenue mobilization drive being championed by the Occupant of the Golden Stool in the quest to renovate the dilapidated structure of the second-largest hospital and the only tertiary health institution in the Ashanti Region.
The hospital, since its construction in 1954, has been deprived of any enhanced renovation, leaving it in a sorry state.
After 70 years of its existence with successive governments passing through the years, none made it a point to attend to it.
At the launch of the Heal KATH Project in November 2023, the Chief Executive officer of the hospital, Prof Otchere Addai-Mensah, disclosed the agenda to renovate the hospital had been on its radar for a long time but had to be shelved due to lack of funds.
Already, the renovation work is ongoing.
Upon the visit of the King to the hospital for an assessment of the progress of the work on January 31, 2025, he was informed Phase One was 95% complete.
This phase, comprising two floors of Block A, has been fully renovated and furnished, with only the installation of an oxygen bedhead remaining before it becomes fully operational.
Source: oemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini
