{"id":90744,"date":"2025-08-21T19:21:58","date_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90744"},"modified":"2025-08-21T19:21:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:21:58","slug":"jane-opoku-agyemang-akufo-addo-kufuor-others-attend-asantehemaas-one-week-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=90744","title":{"rendered":"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa\u2019s one-week celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='booster-block booster-read-block'>\n                <div class=\"twp-read-time\">\n                \t<i class=\"booster-icon twp-clock\"><\/i> <span>Read Time:<\/span>1 Minute, 30 Second                <\/div>\n\n            <\/div><div>\n<p>The one-week observation of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Konadu Yiadom III, was marked with solemnity at the Manhyia Palace on Thursday, August 21, as dignitaries from across the political divide paid their respects.<\/p>\n<p>Vice President, Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, accompanied by the Chief of Staff Julius Debrah, signed the book of condolence upon arrival, joining family and mourners to honour the memory of the revered queen mother. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"828\" height=\"1024\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55.jpeg\" alt=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" class=\"wp-image-10032831352\" style=\"width:477px;height:auto\" title=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-828x1024.jpeg 828w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-243x300.jpeg 243w, 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828px\"><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: Asantehemaa Nana Konadu Yiadom III passes on at 98<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Former Presidents Nana Akufo-Addo and John Agyekum Kufuor were also present, alongside the New Patriotic Party\u2019s 2024 Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr Matthew Opoku Prempeh.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"766\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2.jpeg\" alt=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" class=\"wp-image-10032831353\" style=\"width:681px;height:auto\" title=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-1024x766.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-768x575.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-401x300.jpeg 401w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-187x140.jpeg 187w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-150x112.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-567x424.jpeg 567w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-330x247.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-334x250.jpeg 334w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2-55x41.jpeg 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.39.55-2.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Read also: The life story of Asantehemaa, Nana Ama Konadu Yiadom III (1927-2025)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"579\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04.jpeg\" alt=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" class=\"wp-image-10032831355\" title=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-1024x579.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-300x170.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-768x434.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-530x300.jpeg 530w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-233x132.jpeg 233w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-150x85.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-218x123.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-750x424.jpeg 750w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-330x187.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-225x127.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-217x123.jpeg 217w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-340x192.jpeg 340w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-265x150.jpeg 265w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04-55x31.jpeg 55w, https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-18.41.04.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"><\/figure>\n<p>The National Democratic Congress (NDC) was represented by a delegation led by its National Chairman, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, and General Secretary Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, underscoring the national significance of the occasion.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\"src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34.jpeg\" alt=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" class=\"wp-image-10032831333\" title=\"Jane Opoku Agyemang, Akufo-Addo, Kufuor, others attend Asantehemaa's one-week celebration\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34.jpeg 960w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-450x300.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-210x140.jpeg 210w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-150x100.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-218x145.jpeg 218w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-636x424.jpeg 636w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-330x220.jpeg 330w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-225x150.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.myjoyonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/WhatsApp-Image-2025-08-21-at-17.28.34-217x145.jpeg 217w, 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large crowds expected to converge on the Ashanti regional capital.<\/p>\n<p>Nana Konadu Yiadom III, who passed away earlier this month, was the longest-serving Asantehemaa in modern history, celebrated for her wisdom, dignity, and contributions to the Asante Kingdom.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n        <div class=\"booster-block booster-reactions-block\">\n            <div class=\"twp-reactions-icons\">\n                \n                <div class=\"twp-reacts-wrap\">\n                    <a react-data=\"be-react-1\" post-id=\"90744\" class=\"be-face-icons un-reacted\" href=\"javascript:void(0)\">\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/wp-content\/plugins\/booster-extension\/\/assets\/icon\/happy.svg\" alt=\"Happy\">\n                    <\/a>\n                    <div class=\"twp-reaction-title\">\n                        Happy                    <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"twp-count-percent\">\n                                               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