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ast week, the Saint Peter’s community welcomed His Majesty Osagyefuo Amoatia Ofori Panin, the King of Akyem Abuakwa (Ghana) to speak with students, faculty and esteemed guests of the University at the Mac Mahon Student Center.
The King of Akyem Abuakwa, His Majesty Osagyefuo Nana Amoatia Ofori Panin was enthroned on the 4th of October 1999 on the passing of his predecessor and brother, Nana Kuntunkununku II. He is the 34th King to ascend the Ofori Panin Stool. He attended the Akwatia Cast Primary School and has his secondary education at Abuakwa State College and sixth form at College of Further Studies, Oxford. He then proceeded to the United States of America where he studied political science and public administration at Hartford University in Connecticut.
His Majesty exchanged gifts with President Eugene J. Cornacchia. The gifts exchanged included a rendering of the campus that celebrated the University’s Sesquicentennial last year, along with a Saint Peter’s golf shirt. His Majesty gifted the University with a traditional mask.