President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board including Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn in today [Tuesday]. Mr. … Read more
President Nana Akufo-Addo has sworn in former Minister of Water, Works and Housing under the erstwhile Kufuor administration, Hackman Owusu-Agyeman, as Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board. Other members who were appointed to serve on the Board include Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn in today [Tuesday]. Mr. Owusu-Agyemang … Read more
Immediate past Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Stephen Opuni, has had his assets frozen by the Economic and Organised Crimes Office (EOCO), according to Citi News sources at the presidency. Although reasons for the seizure have not been officially communicated, the sources have hinted Citi News that EOCO is … Read more
Dr Opuni sacked from COCOBOD; asked to hand over by 5pm Friday The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni, has been sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo Addo. A dismissal letter dated January 12, 2013 from the presidency and signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President, directed … Read more
The Chief Executive of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Stephen K. Opuni, has been sacked by President Nana Addo Dankwa-Akufo Addo. A dismissal letter dated January 12, 2013 from the presidency and signed by Nana Bediatuo Asante, Secretary to the President, directed Dr Opuni to leave office and hand over by close of day … Read more
It would be recalled that somewhere in 2010, the United Kingdom media carried chilling reports about how the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama, was lobbied by a British Cabinet Minister to get a postponement for the ban imposed on Armajaro Holdings, one of the cocoa buying companies who were found culpable for smuggling the … Read more