Otumfuo endorses Daasebre Oti Boateng's Root-Based Model for sustainable community development By Jerry Akornor // Contributor FEB 26, 2021 Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II (right) welcoming Daasebre Oti Boateng, Omanhene of New Juaben Traditional Area at Manhyia Palace Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, Asantehene, has expressed his full support for the award-winning Root-based Model for sustainable community development. These remarks were made during a courtesy call on him at the Manhyia Palace by Daasebre Oti Boateng, Omanhene of New Juaben, who developed the model for Ghana, Africa and the world. Otumfuo who has closely followed the development of the model noted that, given the overwhelming contemporary development challenges, governments alone cannot effectively respond to them but needs community assistance across the nation to do so.