{
  "id": 1388254,
  "title": "Asante-Effiduase gets new chief",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/17/asante-effiduase-gets-new-chief",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-17T01:10:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Chronicle Ghana",
    "slug": "the-chronicle-ghana",
    "url": "https://thechronicle.com.gh/asante-effiduase-gets-new-chief/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "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.",
  "summary": "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…",
  "key_points": [
    "Professor Nick Ossei-Gerning appointed as new chief of Effiduase.",
    "Succeeded late Nana Adu Ameyaw, who served 35 years.",
    "Took stool name Nana Osei Frimpong Ampem Ababio."
  ],
  "editors_take": "The appointment of a medical professional to the chiefdom may signal a shift towards integrating expertise from outside traditional leadership circles into local governance structures.",
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}