Barima Nana Akwasi Agyeman was a Ghanaian civil servant and a member of the Asante Royal family who served as Mayor of Kumasi serving as Metropolitan Chief Executive (MCE) for the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly.[1][2] He was popularly known as Okumkom, literally meaning ''killer of hunger''.[3][4][5][6][7][8] He is the longest serving mayor of Kumasi serving for over 20 years as mayor.[8][4] He died at the age of 86.[3] He was a prominent member of National Democratic Congress.[9]
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