The Parliament of Ghana has called the management of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) to brief the house of the whole over concerns that Local Buying Companies are still indebted to cocoa farmers after the purchase of cocoa beans.
Member of Parliament (MP) for Buem constituency, Mr Kofi Adams said cocoa farmers were owed over GHS 11 million in his constituency
The issue first arose when the MP for Buem, Mr Kofi Adams, made a statement on the plight of cocoa farmers in his constituency when he observed that the plight of cocoa farmers is nothing to write home about since Local Buying Companies (LBCs) are still indebted to cocoa farmers.
But this issue drew heated debate on the floor as members from the NPP caucus contested that COCOBOD had paid LBCs for cocoa beans purchase.
After several hours of debate, the first deputy speaker, Joseph Osei Owusu, who chaired proceedings directed the management of COCOBOD appears before the house at the committee of the whole to brief members.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Solomon Nartey
