GH₵23bn cocoa roads under NPP linked to current cocoa crisis – Roads Minister

The ongoing crisis in Ghana’s cocoa sector has been linked, in part, to GHS 23 billion worth of cocoa roads contracts awarded between 2023 and 2024 under the previous NPP administration, according to Kwame Governs Agbodza, Minister for Roads and Highways.


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