Otumfuo commends safety of airspace

Kumasi (Ashanti) 21stMay 99 ?

Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has commended the Ghana Civil Aviation Authority (GCAA) for the high level of safety in the Ghanaian airspace, which has attracted many international airlines to fly into the country.

He was speaking when Dr. E. R. K. Dwemoh, Honorary President of African Civil Aviation Commission (AFCAC), presented a "faxed tribute on Otumfuo Opoku Ware II", from the Commission's headquarters in Dakar, Senegal to him at the Manhyia Palace in Kumasi.

Otumfuo Osei Tutu suggested to the GCAA to develop the Kumasi airport to serve as an alternate to the Kotoka International Airport.

The tribute noted the role Otumfuo Opoku Ware played in the creation of the Commission in 1968, when he was the Commissioner of Communications during the National Liberation Council regime.

It said as first president of the Commission, Otumfuo Opoku Ware was "kind and generous and his manners were stamped with the gentleness and honesty of his nature".

"Today the African continent is reaping the rewards of his steadfast loyalty to the principle of having a common stand or approach under the umbrella of AFCAC during international fora on aviation matters.

"Nana may your Soul Rest in Peace", the tribute concluded.