Kojo Oppong Nkrumah meets distressed cocoa farmers

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• Aba Sam 1 month ago

  This GAS man who can't differentiate cocoa from papaya will send NDC to opposition. Chairman Asiedu Nketiah, please act swiftly. Reassign this Randy Abbey man immediately.

  This GAS man who can't differentiate cocoa from papaya will send NDC to opposition. Chairman Asiedu Nketiah, please act swiftly. Reassign this Randy Abbey man immediately.

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• Kofi 1 month ago

  You are very stupid. Was it Randy who ruined Cocobod into huge death? And stop your shameless ethnic bigotry. What has tribe got to do with competence.
  Warped logic!!

  You are very stupid. Was it Randy who ruined Cocobod into huge death? And stop your shameless ethnic bigotry. What has tribe got to do with competence.
  Warped logic!!

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• KofSam 1 month ago

  If government defaults on paying cocoa farmers who have already sold their produce to the government, that will encourage farmers to smuggle their cocoa to neighboring countries where they are paid better than their own count ...
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  If government defaults on paying cocoa farmers who have already sold their produce to the government, that will encourage farmers to smuggle their cocoa to neighboring countries where they are paid better than their own country does. What a shame. Our government officials sit down in their offices and get paid every month , yet the cocoa farmers who sell their produce once a year cannot be paid . That is ridiculous. These Cocoa board employees are paid hefty salaries while the farmers hardly enjoy these benefits. Even the cocoa scholarships are monopolized by government officials and depriving the rightful beneficiaries of these scholarships. This must change. The minister and deputy minister of Agriculture must see to it that our cocoa farmers benefit from these scholarships.

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• It's a curse to be a cocoa farmer in Ghana! 1 month ago

  Cocoa farming in Ghana is a thankless job. I still remember my father setting his farm on fire because the government of the day gave farmers "chits" for their cocoa instead of cash. And farmers had to wait for months. Wh ...
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  Cocoa farming in Ghana is a thankless job. I still remember my father setting his farm on fire because the government of the day gave farmers "chits" for their cocoa instead of cash. And farmers had to wait for months. While Ecuador pays 90% of the world price of cocoa to its farmers, in Ghana, they are struggling to get 60%. And now, they are the only people forced to take significantly less than what they deserve because of an artificially strong cedi.
  These are the same farmers whose cocoa dollars were used to give free education to the north while their own children went without.
  2028 is not an eternity away. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me!

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• Kk 1 month ago

  Such cheap politics....

  Such cheap politics....

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• UNP 1 month ago

  You were in power for 8 solid years, never cared about these farmers when they were going through similar challenges. You government left a huge and unsustainable debt which the current administration is struggling to address ...
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  You were in power for 8 solid years, never cared about these farmers when they were going through similar challenges. You government left a huge and unsustainable debt which the current administration is struggling to address, then you quickly think you care more about cocoa farmers because you're now in opposition. This level of hypocrisy is nauseating.

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• Kofi 1 month ago

  He is instigating them to embark on a demonstration,which will be infiltrated by the shameless minority. He said so. In 8 years they NPP have run down CMB into a death ridden entity.
  The real farmers have a right to be sad a ...
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  He is instigating them to embark on a demonstration,which will be infiltrated by the shameless minority. He said so. In 8 years they NPP have run down CMB into a death ridden entity.
  The real farmers have a right to be sad and angry.
  Boahene Aidoo should bow down his head in shame.

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