Minority demands immediate payment to cocoa farmers over delays since November

The Ranking Member on Parliament’s Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee, Isaac Yaw Opoku, has called on the government and the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to urgently pay cocoa farmers for beans sold since November 2025, warning that prolonged delays are pushing farmers into severe hardship. Addressing journalists in Accra on Thursday, February 5, Mr. […]


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