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Dr. Isaac Yaw Opoku, who serves as the Minority Spokesperson on Agriculture, Ranking Member of Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, and the Member of Parliament for the Offinso South Constituency in the Ashanti Region, has urged aggrieved cocoa farmers to refrain from selling their cocoa farms to illegal miners or destroying them in frustration over the recent price reduction from Gh¢3,600 to Gh¢2,500 by the President Mahama-led NDC government.
While addressing farmers at Asunsu NO.1 in the Dormaa Central Constituency of the Bono region, as part of the Minority Caucus of Ghana’s Parliament’s engagement with cocoa farmers, Dr. Isaac Yaw Opoku expressed confidence that Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and the NPP government will secure victory in the 2028 elections to implement appropriate measures to enhance prices and conditions for cocoa farmers in the country.
He further warned the NDC government against any further reduction in cocoa producer prices, emphasizing that, should this occur, minority Members of Parliament will join the farmers in a naked demonstration against the government.
Hon. Frank Annor Dompreh, the Minority Chief Whip and Member of Parliament for the Nsawam Adoagyiri Constituency, inquired of the farmers about the feasibility of the juicy promises made by President Mahama and his NDC party including purchasing cocoa for 6,000 and the drilling and mechanization of boreholes for farmers.
He observed that the non-existence of any Mechanized borehole with producer price of Gh¢3,100 set by the Akufo Addo Government been reduced to Gh¢2,500, with the government failing to pay even the 2,500, a situation that continues to financially burden cocoa farmers.
Some of the aggrieved farmers expressed their dissatisfaction with the administration led by President Mahama, particularly concerning the reduction in cocoa prices and the administration’s failure to pay them for the cocoa beans sold to their purchasing clerks. They urged the President to promptly address their grievances or risk facing their discontent in the near future.
Story By: Kwaku Mensah Abrampa (GIFTs FM-Dormaa Ahenkro)