Accra, April 23, GNA - Okyenhene Osagyefuo Amotia Ofori Panin has sent a delegation of chiefs and individuals to Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II to congratulate him on the occasion of his 10th anniversary on the Golden Stool.

Members of the delegation included Osabarima Kyeretwie Boakye Danquah, Abontendomhene of Akyem Abuakwa, Dr Jones Ofori Atta, Mr Fred Guggisburg Asante Ofori Atta, Mr Fred Ohene Kena and Osabarima Agyare Tenadu II, Kadehene.

The rest are Osabarima Kofi Boateng III, Akwatiahene and Barima Obenakwa Kwarifa, Apedwahene. A press statement to the Ghana News Agency in Accra on Thursday said the congratulatory message which was on behalf of the Okyeman Council and the chiefs and people of Akyem Abuakwa was contained in a letter addressed to the Otumfuo. It said over the last decade, the Asantehene's leadership had manifested itself in various ways for which the people of Ashanti could only be proud of.

It said the Okyenhene was emphatic in his belief that the duty of the leaders of the land was to be of such characters as Otumfuo had shown. It said the Okyenhene expressed gratitude to the Almighty for the decade of the Asantehene's reign. It said the delegation presented a variety of foodstuff, assorted drinks, liqueurs, cattle and sheep to support the celebrations.