Asantehene to Constitute Committee Over Queens Welfare Conditions

The King has announced his intention to set up committees to review the welfare and conditions of service of Queens in Asanteman.

This will be the first step to securing their welfare and protecting the dignity of stools, he said.

One of the Committees will input the chiefs’ recommendations while the other will input those of the queens.

The King will peruse these reports and then put in place the ultimate policy and arrangements.

“The Committees will be given a month to do their work and submit their report. This is how I intend to make peace reign between chiefs and queens. The Queens tend to appoint undeserving persons to stool because of hunger,” he said at the first meeting of the Asanteman Council on January 13, 2025.

Otumfuo noted that in areas where the stools have no properties except for lands, a part of the proceeds will be apportioned to the Queens.

Their portions, he said, will be transferred directly to their accounts by the Stool Lands Secretariat to avoid incidents of cheating by the chiefs.

“I’m cheated by the chiefs when it comes to my portion of the proceeds from land sale and so I won’t leave the queen’s portion to them. They admit the lands are in but they sell them and apportion lesser than I am due. Many of them fail to even bring it. You can verify. Since I ascended the stool, the proceeds I get range between GHC1000 and GHC2,000.”

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini