Asante-Effiduase gets new chief
Professor Nick Ossei-Gerning, a Consultant General and Interventional Cardiologist, Spire Hospital Cardiff and St. Joseph’s Hospital, Newport has successfully been installed as the new chief of Effiduase in the Ashanti region. The 61-year-old chief succeeds the late Nana Adu Ameyaw who passed on in January 2026 after a 35-year reign from 1991.Professor Osei-Gerning, an old […] The post…
Professor Nick Ossei-Gerning, a renowned Consultant General and Interventional Cardiologist, has been appointed as the new chief of Effiduase in the Ashanti region. He succeeded the late Nana Adu Ameyaw, who served for 35 years from 1991. Ossei-Gerning, 61, took the stool name Nana Osei Frimpong Ampem Ababio. The installation ceremony was attended by the Chief of Ejura, Barima Osei Hwedie II, who represented the Mampong Traditional Council as the Adontehene.
Sub-chiefs and kingmakers of Effiduase, numbering around 35, also swore their allegiance to the new chief. Ossei-Gerning, who is an alumnus of Mfantsipim School, was declared Nana Osei Frimpong Ampem Ababio during the ceremony. He is also the Visiting General and Interventional Cardiologist at the University of Ghana Medical Centre, Accra, and the Medical Director of Euracare Advanced Diagnostic & Heart Centre in Accra.
In 2024, he was awarded an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his contributions to Interventional Cardiology in the UK and Africa.
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