by Jack
Ghana Royal Family Worth $19 Million. . . your tax dollars at work!
Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II is the 5th richest king in Africa, right behind King Mswati III of Swaziland. As a university graduate studying in the United Kingdom, this soon-to-be king went on to work in private and public organizations in Canada and the United Kingdom. Otumfuo decided to return to Ghana in 1989 to head the Transpomech Ghana, a $12 million company providing mining equipment and services to industrial companies in Africa.
It’s good to be the king, but that doesn’t seem to have helped his people rise above poverty. The average income in Ghana is about $170 per month in both public and private sectors.
The good news is help is on the way, US foreign aid to Ghana totaled about $216M and IDA grants totaled 117M in 2019. This money should greatly improve living conditions for the poor, right? Not exactly, but this is what King Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II has been saying for the last 30 years. Well, maybe this will be the year that it all changes for the poor? The King’s living conditions have certainly improved thanks to your tax dollars. King Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II shown below. He has a thing for gold jewelry, have you noticed? His position is mostly ceremonial leaving the King plenty of time to do King stuff.
$19 million? That is chump change compared to the grease China and Ukraine have funneled to the Biden family.