COCOBOD urged to deal with difficulties in the cocoa sector
Togbega Gabusu VII, Paramount Chief of Gbi Traditional Area in the Volta Region, has called on the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to deal with difficulties associated with the cocoa sector of Ghana.
He said human activities such as illegal mining (galamsey) and smuggling of cocoa beans were affecting the sector which was one of the flourishing sectors in Ghana and West Africa at large.
Togbega Gabusu made the remarks when the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of COCOBOD, Dr Ransford Anertey Abbey, and other staff paid a courtesy call on him adding that the sector was a heavy task for the CEO, but the traditional authorities were solidly behind him to succeed to bring the cocoa sector back to life.
He said the rule of law should be applied to any citizen caught in the smugg...