{"id":131399,"date":"2015-07-04T13:23:26","date_gmt":"2015-07-04T13:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=131399"},"modified":"2015-07-04T14:05:32","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T14:05:32","slug":"minority-demands-account-for-cocoa-purchases-shortfall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/07\/minority-demands-account-for-cocoa-purchases-shortfall\/","title":{"rendered":"Minority demands account for cocoa purchases shortfall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government has been asked to account for the discrepancy in the purchase of cocoa between October 2014 and May 2015.<\/p>\n<p>Ranking Member of Parliament (MP) of the Committee on Food and Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs, Dr Owusu Afriyie Akoto, said the Minority\u00a0was dissatisfied with the answer given by Deputy Minister of Finance, Cassiel Ato Forson, that data from the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) showed that 614,262 tonnes of cocoa were purchased for the period against the approved 950,000 metric tonnes.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;Lbdu5Vr3jK5pFQkwmbyR41JwK4jYQSyj&#8221;]\u201cThe House approved a syndicated loan of $1.8 billion for the purchase of 950,000 tonnes, and the Deputy Minister is telling us the COCOBOD bought 614, 262 tonnes. Where is the money for the difference?\u201d Dr Akoto asked in a post sitting interview with journalists.<\/p>\n<p>The House last year approved $1.8 billion for the purchase of cocoa, for which the COCOBOD through the Ministry of Finance took $1.7billion.<\/p>\n<p>Journalists had wanted to know from the Ranking Member, who is also the MP for Kwadaso, why he had complained that the answer to the question which he asked on the floor of the House had attracted just a single sentence answer.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cMy question was very important, but innocuous. I intended to use the three supplementary questions to ask for follow up. I\u2019m asking the question on behalf of the larger majority of cocoa farmers and Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_112566\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-112566\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-112566\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto.jpg\" alt=\"Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto \" width=\"500\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Owusu-Afriyie-Akoto-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-112566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Member of Parliament (MP) for Kwadaso, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Dr Akoto was of the view that the shortfall was a calculated attempt by the government \u201cto deceive the people of the people of this country.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cWe in the Minority will pursue the matter to its logical conclusion,\u201d Dr Akoto served notice.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: GNA<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Government has been asked to account for the discrepancy in the purchase of cocoa between October 2014 and May 2015. 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