Kumasi (Ashanti), 17 March ’99 –
The management of Coca-Cola Bottling Company of Ghana has expressed its sympathy and condolences to Asanteman, the royal family and the Kumasi Traditional Council on the death of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Opoku Ware the second. Mr George Agyei, Executive Manager of the Coca-Cola Ghana, who led a delegation of the company to the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi, presented 80 crates of its products and one carton of schnapps to Asanteman to be used for the burial rites. The company also presented 20 crates of its products and two bottles of schnapps to the Asantehemaa, Nana Afua Serwaa Kobi Ampem. Nana Osei Bonsu the second, Mamponghene, who received the items on behalf of the Asanteman, thanked the company for its gesture.
