Kennedy Osei Nyarko, the Member of Parliament for the Akim Swedru Constituency in the Eastern Region, has emphasized that cocoa farmers are in a significantly better financial situation under the Akufo-Addo administration than they were under John Mahama's administration.
He claims that unlike the Mahama administration, which essentially destroyed the cocoa industry, the NPP implemented policies that improved it. "A bag of cocoa in 2016 could buy only 13 bags of cement.
The same bag of cocoa in 2024 can give the farmer 30 bags of cement.
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