Otumfuo Nana Osei Tutu II
Osei Tutu II (an haife shi Nana Barima Kwaku Duah; 6 May 1950) shine 16th Asantehene, wanda aka kafa a ranar 26 ga Afrilu 1999. Da suna, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II yana cikin matsayi kai tsaye ga wanda ya kafa Daular Ashanti na karni na 17, Otumfuo Osei Tutu I. Sannan kuma shi ne Shugaban Jami’ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kwame Nkrumah. Otumfuo Osei Tutu II shine Babban Majiɓinci na Grand Lodge na Ghana kuma Mai ɗaukar Takobi na United Grand Lodge na Ingila.

Tarihin rayuwa

Rayuwar farko 
An haife shi a ranar 6 ga Mayu 1950 kuma ya sa masa suna Nana Barima Kwaku Duah, ɗa na uku kuma ƙarami cikin yara biyar ('ya'ya maza uku da mata biyu) Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, Asantehemaa (Sarauniya-uwar Ashanti). Mahaifinsa Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa mutumin Kantinkyere ne a Ashanti kuma shi ne Brehyia Duke na Asante. Nana Kwame Boakye-Dankwa ya rasu a ranar 1 ga Janairu, 2002, a Kumasi, Ashanti.

An ba Otumfuo Osei Tutu sunan kakan mahaifinsa, Ohenenana Kwaku Duah (Nana Agari), Brahyiahene, na Kantinkyiren a gundumar Atwima.

'Yan uwansa sun hada da Nana Ama Konadu, (Nana Konadu Yiadom III) wanda shine Asanteheemaa na 14, da kuma marigayi Barima Kwabena Poku, Barima Akwasi Prempeh.

A lokacin da yake da kimanin shekara biyar, Otumfuo ya koma gidan sarautar kawunsa, Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, Hiahene, ya kwanta a 1952, a matsayin shiri da wuri don rawar da zai taka a nan gaba.

Osei Tutu yana da yara shida. Mahaifinsa yana da wasu 'ya'ya daga wasu aure, ciki har da Yaw Boateng, Kwaku Duah, Kwabena Agyei-Bohyen, Afua Sarpong da Ama Agyemang (Kumasi, Ashanti), Fredua Agyeman Prempeh, Nana Kwasi Agyemang Prempeh da Nana Kwasi Boachie Gyambibi (Kumasi, Ashanti).

Sunan Asantehene Osei Tutu II a lokacin haihuwa, Nana Barima Kwaku Duah, shine sunan kakan sarki Asante.

Ilimi 
Ya yi karatun firamare a Kumasi kuma a shekarar 1964, ya wuce makarantar Sakandare ta Sefwi Wiaso inda ya sami ‘O’ Level wanda marigayi Omanhene na Sefwi Wiawso, Nana Kwadwo Aduhene II wanda kani ne ga waliyin Otumfuo. Oheneba Mensah Bonsu, Hiahene. Ya kuma halarci Makarantar Sakandare ta Osei Kyeretwie (OKESS). Ya karanci karatun lissafin kudi a tsohuwar Cibiyar Nazarin Ƙwararru, wadda a yau ake kira Jami'ar Nazarin Ƙwararru a Accra. Daga nan ya shiga Kwalejin Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Arewacin Landan (yanzu Jami'ar Metropolitan London), inda ya samu Difloma a fannin Gudanarwa da Gudanarwa. Jami'ar ta ba shi digirin girmamawa a wani biki a Cibiyar Barbican ranar 11 ga Janairu 2006.

Sana'ar kamfanoni masu zaman kansu 
Tsakanin 1981 zuwa 1985, ya kasance babban mai ba da shawara a Mutual of Omaha Insurance Company a Toronto, Kanada.

Ya koma London a cikin 1985 kuma ya zama Jami'in Ma'aikata a Aikin Garage Bus Garage na HPCC Stonebridge, a cikin gundumar London na Brent. Sannan ya kafa nasa kamfani na kuɗin jinginar gida, Primoda Financial Services Limited, dake kan Kilburn High Road, North West London. Ya koma kasar sa ta Ghana a shekarar 1989 don fara harkar sufuri, Transpomech International (Ghana) Limited.

Asantehene (1999-yanzu) 
Ana girmama Asantehene sosai a yankin Ashanti na Ghana. Osei Tutu ya sha yin tsokaci kan ayyukan 'yan siyasar Ghana.

Ya samu kulawar kafafen yada labarai na duniya bayan da aka yi zargin an sace wasu kayan kambi na Ashanti a wani otel na Oslo a watan Oktoban 2012 lokacin da yake halartar wani taro a babban birnin Norway.

A watan Agusta 2019, ya yi bikin Akwasidae tare da al'ummar Ghana a Burtaniya yayin da ya kai wata gajeriyar ziyara a can. Manyan baki da suka halarci taron sun hada da Paapa Owusu Ankomah, babban kwamishinan Ghana a kasar Birtaniya.

A cikin Fabrairu 2020, ya zama mutum na farko da ya karɓi 'Pillar of Peace Award'. Hakan ya biyo bayan kokarin da ya yi na maido da zaman lafiya a Masarautar Dagbon da ta shafe kusan shekaru ashirin.

Ya kuma samu lambar yabo ta musamman na shugaban CIMG na 2019.

Mazauni 
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II na Daular Asante yana zaune a fadar Manhyia da ke Kumasi, babban birnin yankin Ashanti da kuma daular Asante.

Gudunmawar da za ta maido da zaman lafiya a Masarautar Dagbon 
Shugaba John Agyekum Kufuor ya kafa kwamitin manyan sarakuna, karkashin jagorancin Osei Tutu II, don shiga cikin rikicin masarautar Dagbon na 2002. Ayyukan kwamitin sun hada da gudanar da tattaunawa da sasantawa tsakanin iyalan masarautar Andani da Abudu, da kuma zana taswirar zaman lafiya a masarautar Dagbon. Kwamitin ya gabatar da shawarwarin su ga gwamnatin Ghana a ranar 21 ga Nuwamba 2018. Gwamnati ta aiwatar da shawarwarin da suka hada da gudanar da jana'izar Mahamadu IV da Yakubu II daga 14 ga Disamba 2018 zuwa 18 ga Janairu 2019. Daga nan sai aka bi diddigin Bukali II a matsayin babban mai mulki na Masarautar Dagbon. A watan Disambar 2019, Bukali II ya kai ziyarar ban girma ga Otumfuo Osei Tutu a fadar Manhyia, domin nuna jin dadinsa kan rawar da Sarkin Asante ya taka wajen samar da zaman lafiya.

Bikin cika shekara 20 
An yi bikin cika shekaru 20 na Osei Tutu II a ranar 21 ga Afrilu, 2019, a Dwabirem na Fadar Manhyia. Wannan ya kasance a babban durbar na Akwasidae Kaise. Manyan mutane kamar Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo da Michael Ashwin Satyandre Adhin mataimakin shugaban Suriname da Torgbui Sri, Awomefia na jihar Anlo ne suka halarci taron. Sauran manyan baki sun hada da jami'an diflomasiyya da na sarauta daga Namibia, Kuwait, Jamus, China, Morocco, Latvia, Botswana da Palestine. A ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 2019, an gudanar da bikin yankan sod don kaddamar da ginin dakunan kwanan dalibai a Jami'ar Kimiyya da Fasaha ta Kwame Nkrumah. Washegari aka yanke sod ɗin don wasu ayyuka kamar GUSS Sports Complex, Park Soccer Park da Park Car Park.

Rushewar manyan sarakuna 
A watan Yunin 2019, Osei Tutu II ya tsige hakimai biyu bisa laifuka daban-daban a kan kujera. An tsige Akyamfou Kwame Akowuah daga kan karagar mulki saboda keta babbar rantsuwar Asanteman. An kuma kori Nana Ahenkro Sei Ababio III saboda watsi da umarni game da sarauta da rikicin filaye. A cikin Afrilu 2018, Asantehene ya lalatar da Atwimahene, Nana Antwi Agyei Brempong II. An same shi da laifin yin amfani da Babban Rantsuwa ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba, da yin watsi da dokokin da sarki ya bayar game da gudanar da filaye da wasu munanan ayyuka da dama. Daga baya aka yi masa afuwa tare da mayar da shi bakin aiki. A shekara ta 2009, Nana Kofi Agyei Bi III, an tsige shugaban Atwimah bisa laifin sayar da filaye na yaudara. A shekarar 2015, an tsige shugaban Nana Mensah Bonsu na Pakyi Number One saboda ingiza matasa su yi barna a yankin. A cikin 2002 Osei Tutu ya tsige Ohenenana Kwaku Duah, shugaban Bonwire, saboda rashin biyayya da rashin kula da kwastam wajen nadawa da sauke manyan hafsoshinsa. A watan Yulin 2020, an gayyaci Bantamahene a gaban sarki bisa zargin yin amfani da filaye da karkatar da kogin Subin ba tare da izini ba. An yi masa afuwa ne bayan da wasu daga cikin hakiman sashe suka nemi a yi masa afuwa. An umarce shi da ya dawo da duk wani mataki da aka dauka na keta haddin kasa da karkatar da koguna da kuma ci tarar shi.

Alƙawarin kare muhalli da kiyayewa 

A watan Yulin 2019, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II ya ba da sanarwar sadaukarwarsa don kare rafukan ruwa na Masarautar Asante. Wannan zai kunshi dasa itatuwa miliyan 2.5 a kusa da tafkin Bosomtwe kuma zai kai kadada 400. Wannan zai taimaka wajen inganta yanayin muhalli, kwantar da sauyin yanayi da haɓaka wayar da kan muhalli tsakanin al'ummomin da ke kewayen tafkin. Shirin dashen bishiyar hadin gwiwa ne tsakanin Gidauniyar Oheneba Poku da Fadar Manhyia. Hukumar kula da gandun daji, Hukumar Kare Muhalli (EPA), Hukumar Kula da Albarkatun Ruwa, Hukumar Kula da Yawon shakatawa ta Ghana, UNESCO, Majalisun gundumomi na Bosome-Freho da Bosumtwe, da kuma Lake Bosomtwe Community Management Areas (CREMA), wanda kungiya ce mai zaman kanta. su ne sauran masu ruwa da tsaki.

Wasan Lottery na Otumfuo 
Kungiyar Asantehene ta hada karfi da karfe da hukumar kula da irin caca ta kasa (NLA) kuma tana shirin kaddamar da wasan Otumfuo Lottery. Wannan shiri ne na tara kudade don tallafawa gidauniyar agaji ta Otumfuo. A watan Mayun 2019, kwamitin aiki wanda ya kunshi mambobin Hukumar Kula da Lottery ta Kasa (NLA), Hukumar Kasuwancin Jiha (SEC) da kuma kungiyar gudanarwar jihar Asante, sun gabatar da rahoto ga Sarkin domin amincewa. Kungiyar masu gudanar da ayyukan Lotto masu zaman kansu a Ghana sun bayyana shirinsu na rungumar wasan domin cimma burinsa.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF) 
An kaddamar da gidauniyar agaji ta Otumfuo Osei Tutu II a hukumance a watan Afrilun 2009. An kafa ta ne domin baiwa sarki damar yiwa jama’arsa hidima a bangarorin biyu da ya fi mayar da hankali a kai: ilimi da lafiya. Dangane da haka, an kafa "Asusun Ilimi na Otumfuo" a shekarar 1999 don inganta ilimi ga 'yan Ghana da gidauniyar Serwah Ampem AIDS ga yaran da ke dauke da cutar kanjamau ko kuma abin ya shafa. Asusun Ilimi ya sami zuwa Afrilu 2019, yana tallafawa ɗalibai 301,980 tare da tallafin karatu da sauran nau'ikan tallafi. Wannan lambar ta ƙunshi ɗalibai 25,756  waɗanda suka sami cikakken tallafin karatu da wasu 276,224 waɗanda suka sami nau'i ɗaya na tallafin kuɗi ko ɗayan. Ya zuwa Oktoba 2019, sama da malamai 600 ne aka amince da su a cikin shirin bayar da kyaututtukan malamai na gidauniyar. Hakan ya kasance don nuna godiya ga malaman da ke aiki a yankunan da ke fama da talauci kuma ba su da wutar lantarki, tarho, ruwan sha da sauran abubuwan more rayuwa. Malamai da yawa sun ki yarda a tura su wadannan yankuna saboda halin kuncin rayuwa. Kyautar tana cikin nau'ikan kuɗi, kwamfutar tafi-da-gidanka, firiji da kuma tallafin karatu har zuwa karatun digiri na uku.

A cikin Oktoba 2017, Global Communities sun haɗa kai da Gidauniyar don fara aikin Haɓaka Harkokin Kasuwancin Matasa don Aiki (YIEDIE). An dauki wannan shiri na tsawon shekaru biyar da nufin samar da damammaki a harkar gine-gine, domin amfanar matasa masu fama da matsalar tattalin arziki. Global Communities, ƙungiya mai zaman kanta mai zaman kanta tare da isa ga duniya, tana aiki tare da al'ummomi don ƙirƙirar canje-canje masu dorewa waɗanda ke inganta rayuwa da rayuwar marasa galihu. Aiwatar da wannan aikin ya kasance tare da Gidauniyar Mastercard. Aikin yana aiki a manyan biranen Ghana biyar: Accra, Kumasi, Sekondi-Takoradi, Ashaiman, da Tema kuma zai samar da damammaki ga matasa akalla 23,700, masu shekaru 17-24, wadanda ke samun kasa da dala $2 a kowace rana.

A watan Nuwamba 2017, an ba yara 4,946 daga gundumomi takwas a yankunan Ashanti, Ahafo, Bono da Bono Gabas (Sekyere North, Bekwai Municipality, Atwima Mponua, Bibaini-Anwhiaso-Bekwai, Bosomtwe, Offinso Municipality, New Edubaise da gundumar Goaso) kyauta  horon kwamfuta. An yi hakan ne ta hanyar haɗin gwiwa tsakanin Otumfuo-Agroecom Mobile Library Project (OAMLP), wanda wani reshe ne na Otumfuo Charity Foundation, da Agroecom Ghana Ltd, kamfanin siyan koko. Wannan shiri dai ya yi daidai da manufarsa na cike gibin da ake samu a yanayin koyo tsakanin al'ummomin birane da marasa galihu da sanya karatu da amfani da ICT ga dalibai a matakin farko.

A cikin Janairu 2019, Gidauniyar da Gidauniyar Masu Ilimin Matasa wadanda su ne masu shirya gasar ''Spelling Bee'' suka shiga yarjejeniya. Wannan an yi niyya ne don samar da shirye-shiryen adabi na Gidauniyar Masu Ilmantarwa ga al'ummomin da ba su da gata da kuma makarantun gwamnati a yankin Ashanti. Hakan zai baiwa dalibai 100 damar cin gajiyar shirin a duk shekara.

A cikin Mayu 2020, ƙananan ɗaliban makarantar sakandare a Kumasi sun karɓi littattafai da ƙamus sama da 2000. Wasu daga cikin al'ummomin da suka ci gajiyar wannan karimcin sun hada da Bohyen, Aduato, Adumanu, Ampabame da South Suntreso. An yi hakan ne don sanya ɗalibai su kasance masu ƙwazo yayin da aka rufe makarantu don shawo kan yaduwar COVID-19.

A watan Yuni na 2020, Gidauniyar ta ba da gudummawar littattafai ga kusan ɗaliban Makarantar Sakandare 750 daga manyan makarantu 11 a yankin Ahafo na Ghana. Hakan ya kasance domin saukaka kyakyawan aikin da daliban ke yi, musamman a jarrabawar kammala karatun boko (BECE).

A cikin Yuli 2020, AngloGold Ashanti ya haɗu tare da Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation da Obuasi Municipal and East Educational Directorates don ƙaddamar da Shirin Koyon Radiyo kai tsaye da Nisa a Obuasi. Wannan ya kasance don tabbatar da ci gaba a cikin koyo, kodayake an rufe makarantu don sarrafa COVID-19. Gidauniyar ta sami tallafi daga ma'adinan da adadin Ghana Cedis (GH₵) 150,000 don siye da rarraba kwafin 10,000 na Masu Karatu da Littattafan Aiki ga Daliban Makarantar Sakandare a yankin.

A cikin Maris 2021, an canza sunan gidauniyar zuwa Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Foundation (OOTIIF). Wannan dai na zuwa ne a sakamakon hadewar Asusun Ilimi na Otumfuo da gidauniyar Serwaa Ampem Foundation for Children da Otumfuo Osei Tutu II Charity Foundation da aka hade su zuwa wata kungiya mai zaman kanta tare da sabon kwamitin amintattu da gudanarwa. Sabuwar hukumar ta kunshi Nana Prof. Oheneba Boachie-Adjei Woahene II a matsayin shugaba da Sir Samuel Esson Jonah, Dr. Kwaku Mensa-Bonsu, Mrs. Margaret Boateng Sekyere, Dr. Kwame Bawuah-Edusei, Rev. Akua Ofori-Boateng, Mr. Andrew Asamoah, Nana Akuoku Boateng da Mrs. Mariam Agyeman Gyasi Jawhary.

Manazarta 

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