Otumfuo Osei Tutu II markets Ghana in South America

General News on Monday, November 26, 2018

Source: dailyguideafrica.com

2018-11-26

The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, launched its crusade in promoting Ghana to the outside world in order to attract foreign investors to the country.

The 16th occupant of Golden Stool, who is currently on a state visit to Suriname in South America, took advantage of his short stay in the country to woo businessmen in Ghana.

"My delegation and I are here for a friendly mission, but we are also here to explore areas such as business, development and investment that can benefit both Ghana and Suriname," he said. declared.

According to Otumfuo, Ghana is a peaceful, investment-friendly country with a good and accommodating people. therefore, any foreign investor going to Ghana to do business will succeed.

He mentioned health, tourism, mining and education, among others, among the areas in which the people of Ghana and Suriname could cooperate and do business to revive the two economies.

This powerful remark was contained in a brief speech by Asantehene during his meeting with the President of Suriname, His Excellency Desi Bouterse, at the presidential palace.

Most people of Suriname draw their lineage from West Africa, especially from Ghana and Benin, whereas they were transported to their present country by the slave trade, there are a few centuries ago.

Suriname celebrates its 43rd anniversary of Independence Day and the country unanimously decided to invite the Asantehene, now one of the world's most famous monarchs, to be the special guest of honor .

Continuing his speech, Mr. Otumfuo said that the citizens of Ghana and Suriname were one people, the two great countries sharing similarities in the fields of culture, identity and ideals, among others key areas.

He said he did not see why Ghana and Suriname could not work together to help transform the standard of living of their people, saying his visit would open a new chapter in cooperation between the two countries.

"We have many common areas of interest that we can leverage and do business together to improve the lives of our employees. Mining, education, health and tourism are areas in which we can work together.

"We share a similar culture, ideals and identity, so I do not see why Ghana and Suriname can not cooperate and do business together," Asantehene said, to the public's applause.

Very positive, the Asantehene, which will celebrate its 20 years of activity on the golden stool next year, insisted that it was confident that its historic visit would deepen relations between Ghana and Suriname .

The Otumfuo delegation included powerful traditional leaders in Asanteman, including Nana Otuo Serebuo, Juabenhene, who is also president of the State Council, and Nana Owusu Afriyie, the Apagyahene.

The reign of Asantehene on the great gold stool resulted in a mbadive transformation of the Asante Kingdom, especially in the areas of education, health, peacebuilding and many other areas.

The exemplary work of Otumfuo has forced several major universities around the world to award him various doctoral degrees in order to make him aware of his accomplishments and to encourage him to follow them.

He has also been invited to several countries to celebrate their historic events and make it as big as Suriname did during the country's 43rd anniversary celebrations this year.

Significantly, Otumfuo, who is a traditional development-oriented leader, has taken advantage of all his overseas visits to woo the best businessmen to visit Ghana and do business; Therefore, his decision to seduce Surinamese businessmen for a visit to Ghana will not surprise much.