President John Mahama has criticized the previous administration's handling of Ghana's cocoa sector, attributing the decline in production to mismanagement and poor decision-making.
Mahama expressed concern that despite a drop in cocoa production, employment at COCOBOD increased, which he described as counterproductive. "Production has declined, yet COCOBOD's staff numbers have increased, which is counterproductive.
In business, when production and revenue decrease, workforce adjustments are made.
However, under the previous administration, employment at COCOBOD increased while production dwindled," he stated during a courtesy call from the Ghana Cocoa, Coffee, and Sheanut Farmers Association.
