“Kwaku Dua confers with contestants”, says the Ghanaian Voice in a front page banner. The paper says
a day after his endorsement by the Kumasi Traditional Council as their new chief, Nana Kwaku Dua, the
Asantehene-elect, moved swiftly to consolidate his position and tried to clear the rift that afflicted the race to the “golden stool”. The Voice quotes Manhyia sources as saying that Nana Kwaku Dua spent Wednesday morning talking to the other contestants who failed to get the nod of the Asantehemaa. According to the sources, the contestants pledged their support to the Asantehene-elect for the benefit of Asanteman. The paper says at the time its reporter leftKumasi, the only contestant Nana Kwaku Dua had not talked to was Nana Akwasi Agyeman, chief executive of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), who was said to be still aangry with the choice of Nana Kwaku Dua. According to the Voice, Bishop Akwasi Sarpong, the Catholic Bishop of Kumasi, has been approached to prepare the grounds for Nana Kwaku Dua’s “eyeball to eyeball” meeting with Nana Akwasi Agyeman, who threw in everything to get the nomination.
