
<p class="has-drop-cap">Members of the Kumasi Youth Association (KuYA) have said they will petition the Manhyia Palace over the erected statue of Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II positioned inside the multi-million-dollar Kumasi Kejetia Redevelopment project.</p>



<p>The association wants the palace to summon the sculptor and force him to pull down the statue and put up a more befitting one.</p>



<p>The General Secretary of the Association, Kwabena Frimpong told Kumasi Morning Show on Kumasi 104.1FM on Monday, 6 May 2019 that the statue, does not resemble the Asante monarch.</p>



<figure class="wp-block-image"><img src="https://occupygh.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Otumfuo-Nana-Osei-Tutu-min.jpg" alt="Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II" class="wp-image-10926"/><figcaption>Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II</figcaption></figure>



<p>Mr Frimpong told show host Akwesi Agudey that the association has also taken note of several public concerns and numerous calls for the statue to be pulled down.</p>




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<p>He said KuYA has given the contractor some time to pull down the statue and put up a more complimentary one or they will petition the Manhyia Palace to force the downing of the statue.</p>



<p>The statue was unveiled by President Nana Akufo-Addo and Otumfuo Osei Tutu II on Thursday, 2 May 2019.</p>



<p>The statue has become the toast of social media trolls.</p>



<p>It was erected by the Sculpture Department of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) and supervised by the Municipal Chief Executive for Suame, Dr John Osei Bobie.</p>




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