Cocoa Crisis: Randy Abbey, top COCOBOD executives take salary cuts

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Ghana indian german base spritualist 1 month ago

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PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 1 month ago

SALARY CUT SO WHAT?? CLEAR OFF AND OFFER WHAT YOU PROMISED THE COCOA FARMERS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY THAT COCOA FARMERS HAVE BEEN SCAMMED, DISRESPECTED AND CHEATED!!!!
BAWUMIA IS ALL WE HAVE!!
GHANA HAS GOT N ...
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SALARY CUT SO WHAT?? CLEAR OFF AND OFFER WHAT YOU PROMISED THE COCOA FARMERS. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME IN OUR HISTORY THAT COCOA FARMERS HAVE BEEN SCAMMED, DISRESPECTED AND CHEATED!!!!
BAWUMIA IS ALL WE HAVE!!
GHANA HAS GOT NO VICE PRESIDENT NOW!!!!! GOD BLESS DIGITAL BAWUMIA!!!!!!
THE 24-HR ECONOMY PROMISE WAS A SCAM!! THE GHC6,500 PRICE PER BAG OF COCOA PROMISE WAS “FRAUD”!!!! THE CEDI-DOLLAR RATE ACHIEVEMENT NDC CLAIMED RECENTLY WAS COSMETIC!!!!
WELL DID RAWLINGS DESCRIBE THE NDC DISRESPECTFUL SMALL BOYS AS BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH. NOTABLY, OFOSU KWAKYE, OKUDJETO ABLAKWA, SAM GEORGE, AKANDO, OTUKONNOR, FIIFI KWETEY, SAMMY GYAMFI INCLUDING OPANYIN BONE , ASIEDU NKETIAH & EVIL OFOSU AMPOFO. AT SOME POINT HE EVEN IDENTIFIED THEM AS HAVING ACID MOUTH.
LOOK AT THE PROPAGANDA MAHAMA AND HIS BOYS USED TO HYPNOTIZE GHANAIANS TO VOTE FOR NDC.
GOD BEING SO GOOD IT HAS ALL BACKFIRED ON THEM BIG TIME. NANA ADDO’S GOD IS SUPER!!!!!!!!
PROPAGANDA ON NATIONAL CATHEDRAL, BAWKU CONFLICT, CEDI-DOLLAR RATE, DOMESTIC DEBT EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, LGBTQ+, SCHOOL MEALS, PRESIDENTIAL JET, NANA ADDO’S AIR TRAVELS, GALAMSEY, NURSES, E-LEVY, COCOA PRICE, NANA ADDO’S HEALTH, CECILIA DAPAAH, GOLD FOR OIL, ROAD CONTRACTS, KENKEY PRICE, SPARE PARTS, PETROL, 24 HOUR ECONOMY WHICH IS THE MASSIVE ONE, HAVE ALL BACKFIRED ON EVIL AND CORRUPT NDC. RECENTLY, NDC PROPAGANDA ON PEACE IN THE COUNTRY HAS ALSO BACKFIRED BIG TIME!! GHANA LOST ITS 4TH POSITION ON GLOBAL PEACE INDEX IN SUBSAHARA AFRICA AND IS NOW RANKED ON 61ST POSITION!!!!
NO WONDER RAWLINGS ABANDONED NDC, MADE FRIENDS WITH NANA ADDO BEFORE HIS DEMISE. NANA IS GOD-SENT NO ONE TEST HIM!!!!
PRINCE KWASI ADADE (OFIE P33) 1 month ago

MAHAMA! MAHAMA!! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DIG THE BOREHOLES, AND PUT POLITANKS IN THE COCOA FARMS???? Eiiii!! NDC! HAVE YOU SEEN A COCOA FARM BEFORE???????

MAHAMA! MAHAMA!! WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO DIG THE BOREHOLES, AND PUT POLITANKS IN THE COCOA FARMS???? Eiiii!! NDC! HAVE YOU SEEN A COCOA FARM BEFORE???????
Randy Abby is a jail candidate 1 month ago

Randy should get ready to spend a lengthy time in jail for causing financial loss to the state. He hoarded cocoa he should have sold because of greed and now the poor farmer is paying for his sins. When you make a corrupt foo ...
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Randy should get ready to spend a lengthy time in jail for causing financial loss to the state. He hoarded cocoa he should have sold because of greed and now the poor farmer is paying for his sins. When you make a corrupt football thief a CEO, this is what happens.
Ken 1 month ago

Nkwasiasem sei…cocobod should spare us the lies.

Nkwasiasem sei…cocobod should spare us the lies.
Apraku 1 month ago

See the first time l read that Randy Abbey has been appointed as the CEO of the COCOBOD, l wrote here asking how for God's sake, could Maama appoint someone who hasn't seen a coacoa tree before?

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See the first time l read that Randy Abbey has been appointed as the CEO of the COCOBOD, l wrote here asking how for God's sake, could Maama appoint someone who hasn't seen a coacoa tree before?

AND ONE YEAR ALONG THE LINE,see what is happening
If they can intermediate the cedi with 10 billion dollars , what's the big deal paying farmers? Maama is the hope for Ghana!!!
Kwame 1 month ago

@Prince Kwasi Adade, all you have written is RUBBISH birthed out of crass ignorance and deception.

@Prince Kwasi Adade, all you have written is RUBBISH birthed out of crass ignorance and deception.
Agyiriba Kwansima 1 month ago

GHANAIANS AND COCOBOD DESERVE BETTER. RANDY MUST GO. BRING BACK OPUNI

RANDY IS UNFIT, INEXPERIENCED, LACK KNOWLEDGE AND THEREFORE CANNOT DO THE JOB OF COCOBOD CEO. THE SALARY CUT IS NOT THE ANSWER AT ALL. A PROPERLY EXPERI ...
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GHANAIANS AND COCOBOD DESERVE BETTER. RANDY MUST GO. BRING BACK OPUNI

RANDY IS UNFIT, INEXPERIENCED, LACK KNOWLEDGE AND THEREFORE CANNOT DO THE JOB OF COCOBOD CEO. THE SALARY CUT IS NOT THE ANSWER AT ALL. A PROPERLY EXPERIENCED AND KNOWLEDGEABLE PERSON MUST BE APPOINTED. WHY ARE WE SACRIFICING COCOBOD AND THE FUTURE OF GHANAIANS JUST FOR POLITICAL EXPEDIENCY? RANDY IS A JOURNALIST WHO HAS BASICALLY NOT HELD DOWN ANY SERIOUS PUBLIC JOB. HE MUST ALSO RETURN ALL THE CARS HE BOUGHT AND STAY AWAY FROM FOOTBALL AND LEARN GOVERNANCE. HE ALSO KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT COCOA TRADING AND CORPORATE LEADERSHIP. WE MUST INTERROGATE HIS QUALIFICATIONS AGAIN. SOMETHING IS NOT RIGHT. HE LACKS THE DEPTH ANY TECHNOCRAT NEEDS FIR SUCH JOBS. COCOBOD AND GHANAIANS DESERVE BETTER. SEND HIM TO NIGHT SCHOOL AS WELL. TERRIBLE SITUATION.
WHO ARE THEY TRYING TO LIE TO? HAVE THEY NOT BEEN STEALING HUGE MONIES EVERYDAY? WHAT DO THEY MEAN BY SALARY CUT?? !!!!!!!!!!!!! 1 month ago

THESE IDIOTS THINK GHANAIANS ARE FOOOOOLS. WHAT SALARY CUT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY CAN DIP THEIR HANDS IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS AT ANYTIME WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES???
THIEVES !!!!

THESE IDIOTS THINK GHANAIANS ARE FOOOOOLS. WHAT SALARY CUT ARE THEY TALKING ABOUT WHEN THEY CAN DIP THEIR HANDS IN GOVERNMENT FUNDS AT ANYTIME WITHOUT CONSEQUENCES???
THIEVES !!!!
PUT them on Single Spine Salary 1 month ago

How different are they from those at CSIR and the Universities

How different are they from those at CSIR and the Universities

We NDC 1 month ago

10% salary cut? What was the percentage reduction in the price, please, John Airbus Mahama, Ghanaians are not fools.

10% salary cut? What was the percentage reduction in the price, please, John Airbus Mahama, Ghanaians are not fools.
Qhynot 28.6% reduction like the farmers haircut 1 month ago

So you can reduce your salary by 10% while imposing 28.6% haircut on cocoa farmers who are paying you.

So you can reduce your salary by 10% while imposing 28.6% haircut on cocoa farmers who are paying you.
Jesus gives eternal life 1 month ago

Where is your lifestyle,choices and deeds leading you to today? Is it to God, our heavenly Father or away from him? Is it to heaven, our blissful eternal home or to hell, eternal condemnation and destruction. Take a quiet m ...
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Where is your lifestyle,choices and deeds leading you to today? Is it to God, our heavenly Father or away from him? Is it to heaven, our blissful eternal home or to hell, eternal condemnation and destruction. Take a quiet moment to look at your life. It is never too late come to the lord Jesus Christ, confess him as your lord and savior, and live every day for. Let His love always lead you .....
TWEAA DC 1 month ago

PROVE OF THAT MUST BE SHOWN AT THE END OF THE MONTH...IT SHOULD NOT BE A 419 STATEMENT....RANDY ABBEY IS STILL INCOMPETENT...HE IS NOT FIT TO HANDLE COCOA AFFAIRS...PERIOD...TWEAA.

PROVE OF THAT MUST BE SHOWN AT THE END OF THE MONTH...IT SHOULD NOT BE A 419 STATEMENT....RANDY ABBEY IS STILL INCOMPETENT...HE IS NOT FIT TO HANDLE COCOA AFFAIRS...PERIOD...TWEAA.
Abanga 1 month ago

Who is crying for the cassava farmer?

Who is crying for the cassava farmer?
Mouth mouth 1 month ago

Wat about the various allowances and pecks they must all go
Only 20 % but entertainment clothing gardeners travel per diem vehicles must all go

Wat about the various allowances and pecks they must all go
Only 20 % but entertainment clothing gardeners travel per diem vehicles must all go
Okatakyie 1 month ago

How does this seasonal gimmick address the concerns of cocoa farmers; cut in producer price, unpaid bought cocoa, declining output etc. During Kuffour's era, total production was over 900,000 tons. Under this incompetent lot ...
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How does this seasonal gimmick address the concerns of cocoa farmers; cut in producer price, unpaid bought cocoa, declining output etc. During Kuffour's era, total production was over 900,000 tons. Under this incompetent lot production has reduced to less than 400,000 tons and they are buying land cruisers and pick up trucks for what only heaven knows
KBM 1 month ago

To prove to Ghanaians of salary cuts we want to know how much Randy Abbey is earning now., including all allowances to compare to the farmers' earnings

To prove to Ghanaians of salary cuts we want to know how much Randy Abbey is earning now., including all allowances to compare to the farmers' earnings
Walewale 1 month ago

Randy Abbey is earning the same salary your NPP appointee at COCOBOD was earning when Akufo Monkey Addo was in power. Find out. You fool

Randy Abbey is earning the same salary your NPP appointee at COCOBOD was earning when Akufo Monkey Addo was in power. Find out. You fool
Abu Salazar 1 month ago

Looks like you benefit a lot from that incompetent guy. NDC animal.

Looks like you benefit a lot from that incompetent guy. NDC animal.

Kojo 1 month ago

Walewale the fool. Don't shift the goal post. Tell us how much NPP COCOBOD appointees received

Walewale the fool. Don't shift the goal post. Tell us how much NPP COCOBOD appointees received
Donatus 1 month ago

Just find out from the NPP guys how much they were getting.

Just find out from the NPP guys how much they were getting.
bisa 1 month ago

MR PRESIDENT SACK RANDY ABBEY FROM THAT POSITION ASAP, HE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER.THE COCOA SECTOR IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GHANA AND THAT MAN IS NOT FIT FOR THE JOB.HOW CAN YOU GO AND PURCHSED 110 PICKUPS AND OTHER LUXURY CARS FOR ...
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MR PRESIDENT SACK RANDY ABBEY FROM THAT POSITION ASAP, HE HAS NOTHING TO OFFER.THE COCOA SECTOR IS VERY IMPORTANT TO GHANA AND THAT MAN IS NOT FIT FOR THE JOB.HOW CAN YOU GO AND PURCHSED 110 PICKUPS AND OTHER LUXURY CARS FOR YOURSELF AND YOUR DEPUTY AND THEN LATER COME AND SAY YOU ARE REDUCING SALARIES BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL ISSUES.MR PRESIDENT YOUR LEGACY IS AT STAKE FIND A SUITABLE PERSON FOR THE JOB AND WHY DID YOU EVEN APPOINT A PERSON WITHOUT A COCOA BACKGROUND AT THE FIRST PLACE
Abrewa 1 month ago

you should still go! arrogant fool!

you should still go! arrogant fool!
KBM 1 month ago

Are they going to sell off all the cars they have recently acquired to set off the deficits?

Are they going to sell off all the cars they have recently acquired to set off the deficits?
Dodzie Goerge 1 month ago

So why only just 10% when you reduced the cocoa farmers own 28.6%

So why only just 10% when you reduced the cocoa farmers own 28.6%
Donatus 1 month ago

You see Ghana man, silent, mute on the 20%.

You see Ghana man, silent, mute on the 20%.
Haag GH 1 month ago

Saaah?Ananse story to do damage control. Until a person speaks you will not know he or she is stupid. We now know Randy Abbey is stupid.

Saaah?Ananse story to do damage control. Until a person speaks you will not know he or she is stupid. We now know Randy Abbey is stupid.
Hmmm 1 month ago

Complete scarm
Randy wants to play a smart one but it won't work .
He has failed woefully
Talk is cheap

Complete scarm
Randy wants to play a smart one but it won't work .
He has failed woefully
Talk is cheap
Dovlo 1 month ago

Stop this bufoonery! You cause farmers to lose almost 30% of their income and decide to take 20% paycut? That man needs to be sacked

Stop this bufoonery! You cause farmers to lose almost 30% of their income and decide to take 20% paycut? That man needs to be sacked

Bright 1 month ago

@Dovlo,gone are the days when government borrows money to pay people just to shore up its political popularity.Study how the Cocoa Industry operates especially pricing. Common sense economics will tell you that when the world ...
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@Dovlo,gone are the days when government borrows money to pay people just to shore up its political popularity.Study how the Cocoa Industry operates especially pricing. Common sense economics will tell you that when the world market prices go up then it stands to reason to pay farmers accordingly however when it goes down you do not continue to pay them at the previous price when it was up, so again you pay according to the price changes.Is this what some political opportunists are refusing to see. If we continue this way we will end up with huge debts like the NPP incurred before 2025.
NDC 1 month ago

They should be sacked, they don’t deserve even 10 percent

They should be sacked, they don’t deserve even 10 percent
Asor 1 month ago

Really. But he doesn't even need salary the perks are enough

Really. But he doesn't even need salary the perks are enough
Papakyene 1 month ago

Tweaaa

Tweaaa
Erasmus 1 month ago

Let the public know your monthly salary.

Let the public know your monthly salary.
Ohene 1 month ago

Randy's position in government shouldn't have gone beyond presidential Staffer . The type of interviews he did was not even educative to warrant that high class job position. The president should have put a dummy who should e ...
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Randy's position in government shouldn't have gone beyond presidential Staffer . The type of interviews he did was not even educative to warrant that high class job position. The president should have put a dummy who should earn more than him in that office. CEO of Cocobod earns more than the president
Tawiah 1 month ago

Staff at Cocobod and farmers should just go on strike for the resignation of Randy Abbey

Staff at Cocobod and farmers should just go on strike for the resignation of Randy Abbey
CETAG calls off strike 1 month ago

Go and lead them to do that strike. Kwashia like you

Go and lead them to do that strike. Kwashia like you
Kk 1 month ago

This is what happens when you put square pegs in around holes. Leaders must stop Bob is my uncle when selecting people for jobs

This is what happens when you put square pegs in around holes. Leaders must stop Bob is my uncle when selecting people for jobs
Kofi Anim 1 month ago

Appoint competent people at helm of affairs to take good decisions to move the Country forward. Appointing incompetent people to cause mess and later reduce salary is not the best for Ghana. Appointees as head of institutio ...
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Appoint competent people at helm of affairs to take good decisions to move the Country forward. Appointing incompetent people to cause mess and later reduce salary is not the best for Ghana. Appointees as head of institutions in some of the agencies are underperforming.
Koa 1 month ago

Be serious Randy and stop this Kwaku Ananse story. What impact will the so-called salary cut do to farmers. Add up by stopping unnecessary travels and it's cost involved and the so many luxuries you are offering yourselves to ...
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Be serious Randy and stop this Kwaku Ananse story. What impact will the so-called salary cut do to farmers. Add up by stopping unnecessary travels and it's cost involved and the so many luxuries you are offering yourselves to the detriment of the farmers.
Cooli0 1 month ago

Concert

Concert
FACT 1 month ago

NDC COCOBOD TRICK AND SCAM
Salary cut
Topped up by a new non taxable Hardship Allowance gives Randy Abbey management team Twice their monthly take-home salaries !!!
Hurray...clap clap for COCOBOD!!!!

NDC COCOBOD TRICK AND SCAM
Salary cut
Topped up by a new non taxable Hardship Allowance gives Randy Abbey management team Twice their monthly take-home salaries !!!
Hurray...clap clap for COCOBOD!!!!
KK Oduro 1 month ago

After one year of the honeymoon, NDC incompetency is gradually creeping in. They have reduced salary by 20% and will increase allowances by 30%.

After one year of the honeymoon, NDC incompetency is gradually creeping in. They have reduced salary by 20% and will increase allowances by 30%.
THE LONE CRUSADER 1 month ago

IS THIS THE IMPORTANCE?WHAT DOES THIS BUFFON KNOWS ABOUT COCOA? HE CAN BUY 150 CARS WITH THE CASH HE MET BUT CANT PAY THE FARMER HIS EMPLOYER !WHAT IS THAT?ROUND PEGS IN TRIANGULAR HOLES! SENDIND A KOREAN TO REPRESENT GH,WAAO ...
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IS THIS THE IMPORTANCE?WHAT DOES THIS BUFFON KNOWS ABOUT COCOA? HE CAN BUY 150 CARS WITH THE CASH HE MET BUT CANT PAY THE FARMER HIS EMPLOYER !WHAT IS THAT?ROUND PEGS IN TRIANGULAR HOLES! SENDIND A KOREAN TO REPRESENT GH,WAAOO!THIS KOFI GYIMII WILL SELL GH IF CARE IS NOT TAKEN!BEFORE HE DIES BY HIS OWN EVIL!
Nobody knows Tomorrow 1 month ago

When Ofori Atta and Akuffo Addo and Bawumia administration plugged the country into a ditch, to the extent that their own members of parliament wanted Ofori Atta sacked.
Was he sacked.
Randy is cleaning the mess caused by B ...
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When Ofori Atta and Akuffo Addo and Bawumia administration plugged the country into a ditch, to the extent that their own members of parliament wanted Ofori Atta sacked.
Was he sacked.
Randy is cleaning the mess caused by Boahen Aidoo for CEO of Cocoa board
Jon J 1 month ago

Are da cuts da result of ppl complainin? It shud ve happened earlier..they need to be proactive

Are da cuts da result of ppl complainin? It shud ve happened earlier..they need to be proactive
SANTROFIE 1 month ago

JUST FIRE THEM IF THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING AND STOP THROWING SAND IN THE EYES OF GHANAIANS!

JUST FIRE THEM IF THEY ARE NOT PERFORMING AND STOP THROWING SAND IN THE EYES OF GHANAIANS!
We need pipe borne water in our homes 1 month ago

Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......

Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......
We need pipe borne water in our homes 1 month ago

We need pipe borne water in our homes.
Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......
We live in a country where we can't get water in our homes just once ...
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We need pipe borne water in our homes.
Ghana Water Adenta District, residents of Nana Krom need water....... the taps have stopped flowing for weeks......
We live in a country where we can't get water in our homes just once in a week, this is totally unacceptable.
Moro 1 month ago

Npp is the like the devil, they will destroy and turn around and blame the person they have destroyed for destroying himself..hehehehehehe Npp…..you do all….

Npp is the like the devil, they will destroy and turn around and blame the person they have destroyed for destroying himself..hehehehehehe Npp…..you do all….
FACT 1 month ago

ANOTHER NDC COCOBOD TRICK & SCAM
Salary cut:
Balanced by non taxable Hardship Allowance gives Randy Abbey Two Times his take home Salary every month.
Hurray...clap...clap..for COCOBOD!!!

ANOTHER NDC COCOBOD TRICK & SCAM
Salary cut:
Balanced by non taxable Hardship Allowance gives Randy Abbey Two Times his take home Salary every month.
Hurray...clap...clap..for COCOBOD!!!
Ricky 1 month ago

It's a SCAM.Only NDC FOOL SOLDIERS WILL BELIEVE THIS

It's a SCAM.Only NDC FOOL SOLDIERS WILL BELIEVE THIS
Jonny 1 month ago

This is Adanko daada Adoi- The rabbit deceiving the Monkey. What about the incentives. Salaries are just the smoke screen.

This is Adanko daada Adoi- The rabbit deceiving the Monkey. What about the incentives. Salaries are just the smoke screen.
FACT 1 month ago

RANDY ABBEY SHOULD USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALARY CUTS TO PAY THE GUARANTEED COCOA PRICE OF GHS3600 TO THE COCOA FARMERS.

PAY THE GHS3600

RANDY ABBEY SHOULD USE THE PROCEEDS FROM THE SALARY CUTS TO PAY THE GUARANTEED COCOA PRICE OF GHS3600 TO THE COCOA FARMERS.

PAY THE GHS3600
Shieeee... Cocoa farmers take their coloured TV go exchange for Randy black& white tv 1 month ago

What of the newly bought 4 land cruisers and the 110 pickups. They must be liquidated for the benefit of the cocoa farmer. I don't believe these paycut.

What of the newly bought 4 land cruisers and the 110 pickups. They must be liquidated for the benefit of the cocoa farmer. I don't believe these paycut.
Makalu 1 month ago

I see this as Kwaku ananse story. The salary cuts whose pocket is it going, the farmers or who ? This is not going to satisfy the farmers neither to today nor tomorrow. It was emphatic promise made to shame the then gov't and ...
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I see this as Kwaku ananse story. The salary cuts whose pocket is it going, the farmers or who ? This is not going to satisfy the farmers neither to today nor tomorrow. It was emphatic promise made to shame the then gov't and now you see the mess created? What made the gov't increase the cocoa price even though the inherited debt was there ? Apart from farmers, the gov't can't do this to any serious professional organisation like GNAT, CETAG, UTAG etc never. Farmers don't have a mouthpiece otherwise this matter would not have died anytime soon. It has become like 'fa ma nyame ' and it's a shame on the part of the gov't. Didn't they know that the price of cocoa is determined by external forces and it fluctuates?
Owuomposuro 1 month ago

This Randy Abbey must go because he doesn’t know how to manage the COCOBOD. How can he buy 150 pick-ups and 10 Toyota Land Cruisers knowing that COCOBOD do not have money to pay their customers. Who does that? He is very i ...
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This Randy Abbey must go because he doesn’t know how to manage the COCOBOD. How can he buy 150 pick-ups and 10 Toyota Land Cruisers knowing that COCOBOD do not have money to pay their customers. Who does that? He is very incompetent to lead COCOBOD. He doesn’t know how to prioritize, run a business properly or how to manage a public sector company.
BRONYA 1 month ago

HOW COME IVORY COAST IS PAY 3600 EQUIVALENT IN CFA CFA. MAHAMA, SACK RANDY WHO NO SERIOUS PERSON WOULD APPOINT CEO OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE COCOBOD. MAHAMA, ASK YOUR BROTHER IBRAHIM MAHAMA IF HE WOULD APPOINT RANDY ABBEY CEO O ...
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HOW COME IVORY COAST IS PAY 3600 EQUIVALENT IN CFA CFA. MAHAMA, SACK RANDY WHO NO SERIOUS PERSON WOULD APPOINT CEO OF AN ORGANIZATION LIKE COCOBOD. MAHAMA, ASK YOUR BROTHER IBRAHIM MAHAMA IF HE WOULD APPOINT RANDY ABBEY CEO OF DZATA CEMENT. THIS GUY SHOULD HAVE BEEN SENT TO MEDIA COMMISSION OR ANY PLACE L8KE THAT. IS IT BECAUSE MAHAMA IT DOESNT AFFECT NORTHERNERS AND GAS THATS WHY YOU ARE TREATING COCOA FARMERS THIS WAY. VERIFY FOR YOURSELF. IVORY COAST IS PAYING 3600 CEDIS EQUIVALENT IN CFA. WOULD YOU HAVE APPOINTED RANDY ABBEY CEO OF COCOBOD IF IT WAS YOUR COMPANY. I CAN SEE YOU DIDNT LEARN ANYTHING FROM WHAT HAPPENED TO NDC IN 2016. EVEN THOSE TWO EVIL GUYS AKUFFO ADDO AND BAWUMIA HAD A G4ACE PERIOD. HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE ON THE VOTER REGISTER AND HOW MANY VOTED FOR NDC. YOUR MEMBERS ARE PANICKING AND SWEATING AND HAVE RESULTED IN ATTACKS AND INSULTS. SACK RANDY ABBEY. OTU KUNNOR WOULD DO A BETTER JOB THAN THIS JOURNALIST. WHICH INSTITUTION AWARDED RANDY ABBEY HIS PHD AND IN WHAT DISCIPLINE. MAHAMA, YOU ARE NOT SERIOUS.
Bright 1 month ago

@Bronya, very simple explanation, Ivory Coast sees the Cocoa Business as a serious business and for that matter makes provision against price falls when the prices are good on the world market, by doing so it is able to pay ...
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@Bronya, very simple explanation, Ivory Coast sees the Cocoa Business as a serious business and for that matter makes provision against price falls when the prices are good on the world market, by doing so it is able to pay farmers at a price higher than when prices fall.In our case in Ghana we use the windfall to do unnecessary projects that never see the light of day.
Patrick 1 month ago

Is this how you pay cocoa farmers.

Is this how you pay cocoa farmers.
Kojois 1 month ago

Fools commons sense. Can this solve the problems . Big no. Cocoa board needs some one with strong financial and management background with no govt interference

Fools commons sense. Can this solve the problems . Big no. Cocoa board needs some one with strong financial and management background with no govt interference
Kuds Gbate 1 month ago

They are forced to reduce their salaries because the backlash following the consumer price reduction has been overwhelming and politically suicidal. The 20% salary cut is not enough. Nana Akuffo-Addo directed a 30% salary cut ...
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They are forced to reduce their salaries because the backlash following the consumer price reduction has been overwhelming and politically suicidal. The 20% salary cut is not enough. Nana Akuffo-Addo directed a 30% salary cut for COCOBOD executives when he did not reduce the consumer price of cocoa in 8 years.
I have my doubts that COCOBOD is in some financial straight. If it is true how come COCOBOD imported a fleet of vehicles recently with payment of full and fat salaries and allowances since January 2025?
Randy Abbey has announced that COCOBOD is going to sponsor Ghana's premier football league and sponsor Black Stars supporters to the World Cup. How can a broke COCOBOD do that?
KAKABO 1 month ago

This is the normal knee-jerk reaction with Ghanaians. Whenever there is a problem, instead of analysing it properly and taking the right decisions, we leave the problem and chase shadows. Did the problem arise because the Coc ...
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This is the normal knee-jerk reaction with Ghanaians. Whenever there is a problem, instead of analysing it properly and taking the right decisions, we leave the problem and chase shadows. Did the problem arise because the Cocobod executives' salaries are too high? Will the amount obtained from the reduction solve the problem? Why do we behave as if we had never gone to school? If we do not get to the bottom of the issue and strategise to prevent future occurrences, even if the Cocobod executives take no salaries, we will face a similar situation again. If people think a salary reduction for execitives is what will resolve the problem, then the president, the minister, and all civil and public service officials should get a salary cut. Let us be serious for once
Charles oppong 1 month ago

You ppl think u can throw dust into our eyes.tell us your actual salaries before the cuts of 20% and the 10%.

You ppl think u can throw dust into our eyes.tell us your actual salaries before the cuts of 20% and the 10%.
Osei Kwabena 1 month ago

SHAME ON YOU, RANDY. NEVER AGAIN.

SHAME ON YOU, RANDY. NEVER AGAIN.
Pelicles. 1 month ago

Is this the first-time cocoa price has fallen on the world market, if not, what happened the other day? Did top Cocobod executives take a salary cut? So, what actually happened?

Ghanafuo, we should stop that emotional nons ...
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Is this the first-time cocoa price has fallen on the world market, if not, what happened the other day? Did top Cocobod executives take a salary cut? So, what actually happened?

Ghanafuo, we should stop that emotional nonsense and use our brains. During the 2013-14 cocoa season when price fell on the world market under former president Mills of blessed memory, he and his finance minister, did not force cocobod executives to slash their salaries rather, they took money from what is known as "Export Duty Share" to cushion the situation.

Kwabena Dufour is alive so, why can't Randy Abbey, who on radio station, thinks that he has answers to everything that moves on the planet contact him for solution?

So, anytime the price of cocoa fall on the international market, cocobod executives will have to slash their salaries? What kind of stupidity is that?

Now, what is "Export Duty Share"? This is an amount given to the seller by the buyer just for selling cocoa because the cocoa is needed internationally. Now, when the price of cocoa falls, nations that sells cocoa can use some money from the "Export Duty Shares" to maintain the price being paid to the farmers rather than reducing the money being paid to them as John "Kwasea" Mahama has done. Mahama ye aboa. Trust me, commonsense has eluded Mahama.

Why didn't Ivory Coast reduce the price being paid to her farmers but Ghana because John Mahama thinks some of us have no idea about that export duty shares and he will use that money to have sex, foolish guy.
Kojo 1 month ago

20% cut of how much? We want to know

20% cut of how much? We want to know
T Acheampong 1 month ago

They tell you they have cut their salaries without telling you how much they earn. I bet it’s way too much to have any impact on their lifestyle. Why the secrecy and not say how much they receive in salaries and other benef ...
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They tell you they have cut their salaries without telling you how much they earn. I bet it’s way too much to have any impact on their lifestyle. Why the secrecy and not say how much they receive in salaries and other benefits?
Francis B. 1 month ago

Pay cut is an afterthought.In the first place cocoa farmers need to know the level of salaries the management and senior staff receive every month.Beside let them make public all allowances they are taking out of the sweat o ...
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Pay cut is an afterthought.In the first place cocoa farmers need to know the level of salaries the management and senior staff receive every month.Beside let them make public all allowances they are taking out of the sweat of the farmers.It is annoying to have people who do not know how a cocoa farm is made to head the Cocoa industry in Ghana.
Onyame 1 month ago

If it is true that some vehicles have been purchased recently, those vehicles must be sold off first to demonstrate that they are serious

If it is true that some vehicles have been purchased recently, those vehicles must be sold off first to demonstrate that they are serious
Kpando 1 month ago

Randy Abbey. He has been exposed big time. He sits on GMG and propagated falsehood about about npp. He is incompetent, arrogance and selfish. Randy must go!!!

Randy Abbey. He has been exposed big time. He sits on GMG and propagated falsehood about about npp. He is incompetent, arrogance and selfish. Randy must go!!!
Abrewapunyagna 1 month ago

Useless move!!!! What can this percentage cut do for the poor farmers when you have instead of paying them, bought three V8 land cruisers for Randy and his deputies and 110 pick ups?

Useless move!!!! What can this percentage cut do for the poor farmers when you have instead of paying them, bought three V8 land cruisers for Randy and his deputies and 110 pick ups?
Samurai 1 month ago

What exactly will the salary cuts achieve? How is that going to address the issues?

What exactly will the salary cuts achieve? How is that going to address the issues?
Roadrunner 1 month ago

And while your at,do a forensic role call on the employees who work for the COCOBOD.There would be no doubt a lot of ghost names on their payroll. It's in Ghana DNA to steal anything that's not nailed down.

And while your at,do a forensic role call on the employees who work for the COCOBOD.There would be no doubt a lot of ghost names on their payroll. It's in Ghana DNA to steal anything that's not nailed down.
Raphael Abeam US 1 month ago

This is pure nonsense .Is the salary cut going to increase the price of cocoa farmers. The farmers are crying to to pay their sold cocoa beans to them and the price which have been reduced

This is pure nonsense .Is the salary cut going to increase the price of cocoa farmers. The farmers are crying to to pay their sold cocoa beans to them and the price which have been reduced

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