Nana Akwasi Agyemang passes on at age 86
He served as Mayor under two other Head of States, Dr. Hilla Liman and Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings.
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Former Kumasi Mayor, Nana Akwasi Agyemang, is reported dead in Kumasi at age 86.
Family sources say the member of Oyoko Royal Family who was also named as “Okumkom” passed on exactly 5:30 A.M on Tuesday at the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital.
The late Nana Akwasi Agyemang has a long political history, dating back to 1977, during the Supreme Military Council government of the late Ignatius Kutu Acheampong where he served chairman of Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.
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He subsequently went on to serve as Mayor under two other Head of States, Dr. Hilla Liman and Flt. Lt Jerry John Rawlings, to whom he became a close confidante.
He was appointed Deputy Minister of Science and Environment under Rawlings regime and was also considered a leading contender for the vacant Asante Stool following the demise of Otumfuo Opoku ware II in 1999.
Current Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II was chosen over him by kingmakers of Asanteman.
