Adankranja (Ashanti Region) 30 March ’99
The death is reported of Nana Adankranja Osei the second, Paramount Chief of Adankranja Traditional Area in the Amansie East district of Ashanti after a protracted illness. A release issued by the Adankranja Traditional Council at Adankranja on Tuesday signed by Nana Kofi Yeboah the second, Gyaasehene, said Nana Osei, 86, died on Monday, March One, this year. Nana Osei known in private life as Mr Osei Hyiaman Owusu Afriyie, a lawyer by profession, was a former Ashanti Regional Commissioner, Minister of Social Welfare and Minister of Health in the First Republic. He reigned for 28 years. Final funeral arrangements would be announced later, the release said.
