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Minority caucus in Parliament is accusing the NPP government led by Nana Addo,of cheating cocoa farmers by asking them to buy the fertilizer which has already been paid for by the previous NDC administration.
According to Hon. Eric Opoku, member of parliament for Asunafo South constituency in the Brong Ahafo region who addressed the media in the flank of some other members of the minority, the Nana Addo-led-NPP government is corrupt and this is the time Ghanaians should know the kind of government they voted for.
The minority argued that, government must utilize the cocoa stabilization fund established by the previous government, to cushion farmers instead of the insensitive approach the COCOBOD intends to use.
Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Joseph Boahene Aidoo, few weeks ago stated that, government will not increase the producer price of cocoa and bonuses for the 2017/2018 crop cocoa season, following fallen prices of the commodity on the international market.
“We wish to state that, the Chief Executive officer of COCOBOD is not clothed with the mandate to determine the producer price of cocoa for farmers. It is the duty of the producer price review committee to determine producer price of cocoa taking into consideration several factors including the economic conditions prevailing in the country, in order not to inflict untold hardships on our farmers.
We are therefore urging the CEO of COCOBOD to allow the committee established in 1984 which has since discharged its duties effectively and efficiently, to continue its work without any form of usurpation,” he added.