Ashanti nation mourns late Asantehemaa …President, Veep to pay last respect Thursday

A funeral planning Committee, under the auspices of Manhyia Palace, the seat of Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene, has drawn a comprehensive programme over four days for the observance of the funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III.

The funeral rites, marking the last journey of the 14th Queenmother (Asantehemaa) begins today, climaxing on Thursday, September 18, 2025 when she joins her ancestors and maker.

The Chairman of the Funeral Planning Committee, Nana Effah Appenteng, during a media briefing, announced that the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu will sit in state from Monday to Wednesday, from 12 pm to 5 pm each day, while sympathisers including the general public file past the remains of the late Ashanti Queen mother from 5am to 5pm, from Monday to Wednesday.

Caution to the public 

The Funeral Planning Committee has as well cautioned the general public that there shall be no recording of the funeral process by any unauthorised persons or individuals.

The public is also cautioned to guard against extortion of monies in the name of Manhyia Palace by unscrupulous persons.

Dignitaries 

Nana Effah Appenteng, who is also the Paramount chief of Bompata (Amantena) Traditional area, announced that churches, the clergy, political parties, educational institutions, NGO’s, telecommunication firms, corporate bodies and identifiable groups and associations are expected to file past the late Asantehemaa on Monday September 14.

It will be the turn of the Judiciary, Ghana Bar Association, Security agencies, Ghana Armed forces, Ghana Police Service, Ghana National Fire Service, Ghana Prisons Service, Ghana Immigration Service, Customs, Financial institutions, State-Owned Enterprises and Public officials on Tuesday.

Ministers of State, members of the Diplomatic Corps, Parliamentarians, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs), Non- Ashanti Chiefs and Mining companies will take their turn to file past the late Asantehemaa on Wednesday.

Nana Effah Appenteng announced that the President, John Dramani Mahama and his Vice, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, former Presidents John Kofi Diawuo Agyekum Kufuor, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, former Vice President Dr.Alhaji Mahamadu Bawumia and the Diplomatic Corps will complete the filing past process by 11am on Thursday September 18, followed by a burial service at 3pm at Dwabrem at the Manhyia Palace.

Temporary Closure of Kumasi schools, offices

The Funeral Planning Committee directed that all educational institutions within the Kumasi Metropolis to be closed on Thursday, for the observance of the funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III.

All offices, including banks and other financial institutions, are also to be closed on Thursday and that there will be no commercial activity within Kumasi Metropolis as all shops are to be closed.

Restricted Movement on Thursday night

In a bid to ensure that total silence prevails in observance of Asante customs and traditions,  it has been directed by Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, that no movements and travels take place in Kumasi and the entire Asanteman on September 18 and that all residents of Asanteman have been directed to remain indoors on the night of Thursday, September 18, 2025 when the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, will be laid to rest (interred) at the royal mausoleum at Breman, Kumasi, to bring to an end to the four day funeral rites (Dote Yie) for the 14th Asantehemaa, who died at the age of 98.

14th Asantehemaa 

In February 2017, the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in consultation with the royal family, appointed his then 83-year-old elder sister, Nana Ama Konadu, as the 14th Asantehemaa to succeed her late mother Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II.

Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem, the 13th Asantehemaa passed away in November 2016 at the age of 111, after reigning for 39 years.

Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III was born in 1927 to the 13th Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi SerwaaAmpem III (1977-2016) and Opanin Kofi Foffie.

Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III, known in early life as Nana Panin, was the first born of Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi’s five children, the youngest of whom is Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II.

 

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