Nana Owusu Gyimah
Title of Office
Ankobeahene, Atebubu Traditional Area
Stool Name: Nana Owusu Gyimah
Private Name: Dan Owusu Gyimah
Date of Enstoolment: 22 September 2006
Traditional Status: Divisional Chief
National House of Chiefs Serial Number: 2329
Profession: Retired Teacher and Farmer
Biographical Profile
Nana Owusu Gyimah, known privately as Dan Owusu Gyimah or Yaw Gyimah, is the occupant of the Sakyi Asiamah Stool and currently serves as the Ankobeahene of the Atebubu Traditional Area. He is the longest-serving divisional chief in the traditional jurisdiction, having provided nearly twenty-six years of continuous service in various capacities.
Nana is the son of the late Nana Yaw Owusu (former Memhene) and the late Maame Abena Tuah of Aprade. He hails from the Asona clan, one of the ancient royal matrilineal groups of the Akan. He is married and blessed with six children.
Before ascending the stool, Nana served diligently as Okyeame for seven years, after which he was elevated to the Ankobea stool, where he has served in a divisional capacity for nineteen years and continues to do so with distinction.
Professionally, Nana Gyimah is a trained teacher who taught for almost ten years; three and a half years in Ghana, and five years in Nigeria between 1975 and 1983. Upon his return to Ghana, he transitioned into full-time crop farming, specializing in maize cultivation. His exceptional performance earned him a prestigious national recognition as Best Maize Farmer in 2012 at Abokobi, Accra.
In civic and political life, Nana played an instrumental role as one of the seven pioneering members who established the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the then Brong Ahafo Region. He went on to serve as constituency chairman for twelve years, from 1992 to 2004, and subsequently as the Regional Second Deputy Chairman between 2000 and 2004.
Currently, farming remains his active and chosen economic pursuit. Nana Owusu Gyimah is widely admired for his humility, institutional memory, and loyalty to Atebubuman. His long service reflects deep commitment to tradition, community welfare and the strengthening of chieftaincy governance