{"id":6838,"date":"2020-06-25T00:30:16","date_gmt":"2020-06-25T00:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/ng\/?p=6838"},"modified":"2020-06-25T00:30:16","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T00:30:16","slug":"immigrant-adventure-in-united-states-inside-story-of-ghanas-king-nana-gyensare-v-osei-a-taxi-driver-in-new-york-a-traditional-leader-of-the-akwamu-people-who-oversees-residents-of-five-to","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nigeriastandardnewspaper.com\/a\/immigrant-adventure-in-united-states-inside-story-of-ghanas-king-nana-gyensare-v-osei-a-taxi-driver-in-new-york-a-traditional-leader-of-the-akwamu-people-who-oversees-residents-of-five-to\/","title":{"rendered":"IMMIGRANT ADVENTURE IN UNITED STATES! Inside story of Ghana’s King, Nana Gyensare V, OSEI, a Taxi Driver in New York …a traditional leader of the Akwamu people, who oversees residents of five towns across Eastern Region * Recalled various challenges on how his brother died, when he inherited the throne * Moved to New York in 1977 to make a better living for himself * Began taxi driving as he bought a medallion in 1982, his father had 19 children *BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERICAN Foreign Bureau Chief"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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IMMIGRANT ADVENTURE IN UNITED STATES!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In<\/strong>side story of <\/strong><\/strong>Ghana’s <\/strong>King<\/strong>, <\/strong>Nana<\/strong> <\/strong>Gyensare V, <\/strong>OSEI, a Taxi Driver in New York<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

…a traditional leader of the Akwamu people, who oversees residents of five towns across Eastern Region<\/strong><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/strong>* <\/strong>Recalled various challenge<\/strong>s on how his brother died, when he inherited the throne<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* Moved to New York in 1977 to make a better living for himself<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

* <\/strong>Began<\/strong> taxi driving as he bought a medallion in 1982, hi<\/strong>s father had 19 children<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

*BY GEORGE ELIJAH OTUMU\/AMERI<\/strong>CAN <\/strong>Foreign Bureau <\/strong>Chief<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

HI<\/strong>S STORY i<\/strong>s so inspiring. He migrated to United <\/strong>State<\/strong>s of America in the late 70’s where he stayed in New York. Isaac Osei\u2019s story grabbed headlines about six years ago, it reignited talks on how many immigrants in New York lead double lives. This humble, unassuming and hardworking leader known as Nana Gyensare V, Osei is a <\/strong>chief of the Akwamu people, who oversees the residents of five towns across the Eastern Region<\/strong><\/a><\/strong>,<\/strong> settling family and property disputes. <\/strong>Sin<\/strong>c<\/strong>e hi<\/strong>s arrival then, he has been a taxi driver.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite fears of consequences on mental health, most immigrants who move abroad in hopes of a better life find themselves washing bathrooms, scrubbing the sinks and toilets even though many are well respected or leaders back home. Osei\u2019s double life began in 2006 after his brother died and he had to inherit the throne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But in America, this taxi driver owns a taxi company in Manhattan, New York City and he has to move back and forth between Ghana and New York to be able to do his duties as chief.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI prefer to be in Ghana, people come to me and treat me with respect. When I\u2019m here in New York, it\u2019s a different thing. No one knows me,\u201d Osei said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Osei’s father had 19 children. Osei, been one of the children moved to New York in 1977 to make a better living for himself. He began driving a taxi and soon bought a medallion in 1982.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The taxi driver later got married, had two children and opened a restaurant in Harlem, but things didn\u2019t turn out as he expected. He soon got into a financial mess while divorced. His second wife, Elizabeth Otolizz, whom he met when she came over to his restaurant to eat in the late 1980s, would later save him from his financial troubles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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