Foreword by the Asafohene / Asanteman Akwamuhene It is with a deep sense of duty that I present the fifth annual report of the Akwamu Divisional Council, covering the year 2025. The report continues an unbroken record of accountability to Otumfoɔ, to the Kumasi Traditional Council, and to the communities that look to the Akwamu Division for justice, order, and the custodianship of the land. It sets out the matters we adjudicated, the customs and ceremonies we observed, the institutions and stakeholders with whom we engaged, and the stewardship we exercised over stool lands during the year. The year under review was demanding and, in equal measure, rewarding. The Council convened twenty four formal sittings across its two adjudicating forums, the Akwamu Fekuo and the Asafo Fetrɔ, resolving a wide range of disputes touching on chieftaincy and succession, land and boundaries, family and burial rights, and the sanctity of the Great Oath of the Asantehene. Where matters exceeded our jurisdiction, they were referred, in accordance with custom, to Otumfoɔ and the Kumasi Traditional Council. The Awukudae was observed on nine occasions, and the Council presided over enstoolments and other rites that renew the bonds of our tradition. Beyond the palace, I had the privilege of representing His Royal Majesty Otumfoɔ Osei Tutu II at several events of national significance, and of assuming the chairmanship of the Governing Council of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology. These responsibilities affirm the place of traditional authority as a partner in national development: in education, in environmental stewardship, and in the ordered use of land. In the stewardship of stool lands, the Council recorded three hundred and ninety-one allocations across twenty-eight communities, administered through a network of thirty-two overseers. The register that accompanies this report reflects a settled commitment to transparency and to orderly land administration, and to placing custom on a footing that our people and our partners can trust. I am grateful to Nananom of the Akwamu Fekuo and the Asafo Fetrɔ, to the Akyeame, to the Council Secretariat, and to the chiefs, elders, and citizens whose cooperation made the work of the year possible. It is my hope that this report will serve not only as a record of what was done, but as a foundation for the continued advancement of the Akwamu Division. Akyamfoɔ Asafo Boakye Agyemang-Bonsu Asafohene / Asanteman Akwamuhene President, Akwamu Divisional Council Page 2