Test on lithovit was completed before Opuni joined COCOBOD – CRIG scientist reveals

It has been revealed in court that even before Dr Opuni assumed office, CRIG had already finished its work on testing lithovit foliar fertilizer supplied by Agricult Ghana Limited and had prepared the scientific report on the product.

Jerome Agbesi Dogbatse, who contributed to the draft report on lithovit foliar fertilizer, told the Accra High Court yesterday, April 25, 2024, that CRIG concluded its test on lithovit way before November 2013.

"I told the police that the product (lithovit) was tested and completed before I joined CRIG," he said.

It would be recalled that the first prosecution witness, Dr Franklin Manu Amoah, in his evidence-in-chief in July 2018, alleged in court that, immediately after assuming office, Dr Opuni gave oral directives to scientists to shorten the testing of fertilizers at the time lithovit was being tested by CRIG.

He told the court presided over by Justice Aboagye Tandoh on April 17, 2024, that he never attended any such meeting.

"Yes, my Lord, I told the police that the [nursery] work was done before I joined [CRIG],"  Mr.

"What I told the police was that they showed me a report and asked me that have I seen this report before, and I said yes, I have seen the report before, and then they mentioned that this is the final report on the work on lithovit.