Journalist and football administrator Randy Abbey has been appointed as Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD).
This was contained in a letter from the Secretary to the President, Callistus Mahama on Tuesday, January 21. "I write to formally inform you that His Excellency John Dramani Mahama, President of the Republic of Ghana in accordance with Article 195(1) of the Constitution and Section 12(2) of the Ghana Cocoa Board Act, 1984 (P.N.D.C.L 81) has appointed you as the Acting Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board pending receipt of the Constitutionally required advice of the Board of Ghana Cocoa Board, in consultation with the Public Services Commission." Full statement below: Tags: COCOBOD Randy Abbey Related to this story Randy Abbey chairs new Black Stars Management Committee, Appiah joins team COCOBOD CEO Joseph Boahen Aidoo resigns following government directive Cocoa smuggling: Cocobod intercepts 1,473 maxi bags, calls for stiffer punishment Bono COCOBOD seizes trucks loaded with bags of cocoa, lumber Bono COCOBOD seizes trucks loaded with bags of cocoa, lumber Stephen Appiah to join reconstituted Black Stars management committee, psychologist joins technical team Current financial year proving challenging for COCOBOD - IMF COCOBOD touts its achievements to cocoa farmers COCOBOD CEO assures completion of all projects in Western North region Metro TV incident: Randy Abbey explains what happened