Don’t sign it yet – Minority demands fresh consultation on controversial Cocoa Bill

The Minority in Parliament is urging President John Mahama not to assent to the newly passed Cocoa Bill until further consultations are held with key stakeholders in the cocoa industry.“It came too late in the day when the referral was made that the Agric committee leadership was to join the finance committee and then the legal affairs committee to look at the bill,” he said.

We have listed the key areas where we think are problematic, and that the president should not assent this bill until the until enough consultation is done,” he said.