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Minority Rejects Chocolate Week Gifts Over Cocoa Price Cut

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) Minority Caucus in Parliament has rejected chocolates distributed to mark National Chocolate Week in protest against the government’s reduction in the cocoa producer price. The gesture was led by the Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, during a statement on the floor …

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Minority demands dismissal of COCOBOD CEO Randy Abbey

The Minority in Parliament has called on President John Dramani Mahama to dismiss the Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Randy Abbey, over what it describes as a deepening crisis in the cocoa sector. According to the Minority, the recent reduction in the cocoa producer price …

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‘Cocoa farmers deserve better’ – Minority slams producer price cut

The Minority in Parliament has criticised the government’s decision to reduce the cocoa producer price, describing the move as unfair to farmers and harmful to the cocoa sector. Ranking Member on the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Dr. Isaac Yaw Opoku, speaking to the media on Thursday, February 12, …

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