Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod) has responded to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) call for a reduction in the producer price of Cocoa, saying it cannot reduce the price. The IMF has advised government to reduce the producer price of the commodity to reflect changes in international cocoa prices. But in an interview with sit-in host […]
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Cocobod explains increase in expenditure, poo poohs on Minority and Ato Forson’s allegations
General Manager at the office of the Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board, Fiifi Boafo has lampooned Minority spokesman for Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, accusing him of misrepresentations and concoctions with respect to the expenditure of the Board. Mr. Ato Forson who is a former Deputy Minister for Finance has accused government and Cocobod […]
Cocoa: Ghana’s cocoa farmers earn GH₵1,000 more than their Ivorian counterparts
Cocoa farmers in Ghana will earn GH₵1,000 more than their counterparts in La Cote d’Ivoire for the producer price of the commodity in the 2018/2019 crop season which opened on October 1, 2018. This is in spite of Cote d’Ivoire, the world’s top cocoa producer, increasing guaranteed price it pays farmers by seven per cent– […]
Cocobod CEO woos farmers, promises measures to make them profitable
The Chief Executive Officer of Cocobod, Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has extolled the members and leadership of the Ghana Cocoa, coffee and sheanut farmers association to consider the trade as serious business that should yield profit for them. According Mr. Aidoo, it is the commitment of the current government under the leadership of president Nana […]
Confirmed: Farouk Aliu Mahama to contest Yendi NPP Parliamentary seat in 2020
If posters of Alhaji Farouk Aliu Mahama that have popped up is anything to go by, then it means it is finally confirmed that the son of the late Vice President of the Republic of Ghana in the John Agyekum Kuffour led New Patriotic Party (NPP) Administration, Alhaji Aliu Mahama will be contesting the Yendi […]
B/A: Cutting down Cocoa trees in place of Cashew, Dormaa East DCE raises red flag
The District Chief Executive for Dormaa East District in the Brong Ahafo Region, Emmanuel Kofi Agyemang has admonished cocoa farmers in his district not to cut down their cocoa trees for cashew plantation. Mr. Emmanuel Kofi Agyemang revealed that information available to him indicates that some cocoa farmers in his district were planning to cut down […]
The job creation debate: We have all the figures here sector by sector
As the debate over the actual figures with regards to government’s job creation drive rages on between the various political parties and their communicators and other stakeholders, BestNewsGH.com has taken it upon itself to bring readers the statistics sector by sector.
NPA rebuts rent allowance allegations against its CEO
The National Petroleum Authority has rebutted allegations that its Chief Executive Officer, Hassan Tampuli has caused the Authority to pay him a whopping 15.5 billion cedis (Old Currency) as rent allowance for one year.
We want our exit pay to set up businesses-Ex Capital and UT Bank staff
Laid off workers of now defunct UT and Capital Banks say they are in dire need of their exit pay to set up businesses in order to cater for their families