Accra, Ghana//-Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) today disclosed to Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that the company has lost over 150 thousand metric tonnes of cocoa beans to smuggling in 2023.
The Chief Executive Officer of the COCOBOD Joseph Boahen Adu made this known when he appeared before the Committee on Tuesday (today).
Cocoa production has also declined due to the activities of galamsey and diseases, according to him.
To help address the decline, Mr Boahen Adu revealed that the COCOBOD is collaborating with National Security and other stakeholders, as well as farm rehabilitation programmes to address the challenges.
Meanwhile, the Minority on the Public Accounts Committee has vehemently called for the immediate resignation of Mr Boahen Adu over what they described as his inability to find solutions to current challenges confronting the state-owned company.
