Mamponghene Passing: Asantehene Puts Asanteman Council Meetings On Hold

The Asanteman Council will not be holding a meeting within the next forty days, the King of the Asante Kingdom, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, has declared.

This is to observe a period of mourning for the deceased Occupant of the Silver Stool, Daasebre Osei Bonsu, who joined his ancestors exactly two weeks ago while acting in his capacity as caretaker of Asante in the absence of Otumfuo.

This was announced at the first meeting of the Council since His Majesty returned from the trip abroad.

“This has befallen the whole of Asanteman. Until I bury him, I won’t call for an Asanteman Council meeting,” the Asantehene noted on May 5, 2025.

In his speech, the Monarch highlighted the strategic sacrificial and eminent role Mamponghene Boahen Anantuo played which earned the Asante Mampong Paramountcy the second-in-command privilege in Asante.

This privilege entails that occupants act in the stead of the Asantehene whenever he is absent.

As such, the Occupant of the Golden Stool charged all Paramount chiefs to brace themselves for the burial ceremony.

Otumfuo further directed that the requisite arrangements be made for the One-week observation on May 12, 2025, and then his burial rites three weeks later.

Source: opemsuo.com/Hajara Fuseini