{"id":443392,"date":"2017-12-04T06:12:55","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T06:12:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/kumasi-schools-to-close-down-over-late-asantehemaas-funeral-rites\/"},"modified":"2017-12-04T06:12:55","modified_gmt":"2017-12-04T06:12:55","slug":"kumasi-schools-to-close-down-over-late-asantehemaas-funeral-rites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/12\/04\/kumasi-schools-to-close-down-over-late-asantehemaas-funeral-rites\/","title":{"rendered":"Kumasi schools to close down over late Asantehemaa\u2019s funeral rites"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Monday,  4 December 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Citifmonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-12-04<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/44274006.295.jpg\" alt=\"Asantehemaa Closure\" title=\"Asantehemaa Closure\" width=\"295\" height=\"187\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>The late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampen II<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817929577\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817929577\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1512367975_129_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\"> Schools in the Kumasi Metropolis and the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region, will be closed today [Monday], December 4, 2017, as part of the commemoration of the final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa in the region.<\/p>\n<p>This was announced by the Ashanti Regional Directorate of the Ghana Education Service (GES) in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>In the statement copied to citifmonline.com, the GES advised day students in the various Senior High Schools not to report to school on Monday, December 4, and Friday December 8, 2017.<\/p>\n<p>The final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampen II, who died in December 2016, is being held between December 1 and December 11, 2017 in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe wish to inform residents in Kumasi Metro, Asokore Mampong Municipal and the general public that activities being held for the final funeral rites of the late queen mother, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem 11, demand that Basic schools within these areas be closed down on Monday 4th December 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Friday 8th December, 2017, schools will closed at 12 noon to enable students to reach home on time. Day students in the Senior High schools are also to stay home within these two days,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Background<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The late Asantehemaa, who was the mother of the current Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, passed away in 2016 at age 109, and was succeeded by Nana Konadu Yiadom II, Asantehene\u2019s elder sister. Although her burial rites were performed in January 2017, her funeral rites are being held over a 2-week period in the Ashanti Region.<\/p>\n<p>The Chairman of the funeral committee, Nsuase Opoku Agyeman, Otumfuo\u2019s Akyeamhene in an earlier press briefing, advised residents and traders in the Central Business District of Kumasi to close their shops on Monday and Tuesday, explaining that \u201cthere will be firing of musketry in the streets, the executioners will also be around to display, so as Nananom parade from Adum to Manhyia, we will advice that all shops be closed, no trotros or taxis should be seen working.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He further announced that, \u201cno one should be seen in the evening on Saturday. It should be observed just like the Thursday during the burial rites, because that evening, Nananom will take the Abusuakuruwa to Breman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Funerals banned<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, a ban has been placed on all funerals in the region from the Friday 1st December to Monday 11th December.<\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 24 updated by: -1 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Monday, 4 December 2017 Source: Citifmonline.com 2017-12-04 The late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Serwaa Kobi Ampen II Schools in the Kumasi Metropolis and the Asokore Mampong Municipality in the Ashanti Region, will be closed today [Monday], December 4, 2017, as part of the commemoration of the final funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":443393,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-443392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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