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The Head of Public Affairs at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Sam Jerome, has dismissed allegations that the CEO, Ransford Annetey Abbey, transported a chair in a Tundra pickup truck across the country during his recent tour of cocoa farming communities.
Speaking on Atinka TV’s Ghana Nie, hosted by Ama Gyenfa Ofosu-Darkwa (popularly known as Embosourhemaa), Sam Jerome described the claims as false, and a distraction from the real issues the CEO addressed during the tour.
“It is not true that the CEO carried a chair along in a Tundra during his tour,” Mr. Jerome said. “Dr. Abbey uses his own personal car for official duties. I also use my own car. If you come to COCOBOD, you will cry for us. The only proper car here is a 2020 Land Cruiser. Most of the vehicles are old and registered under X, Y, and Z number plates.”
“Instead of talking about the facts and rot the CEO highlighted during his visits, they’re making noise about a chair. Why, is Dr. Abbey a relative of Nana Addo to be carrying chairs across the country?”- he questioned.
Dr. Ransford Annetey Abbey has been visiting cocoa-growing communities across the country to interact with farmers, assess challenges on the ground, and promote ongoing reforms within the sector.
So far, there has been no photographic or documentary evidence provided to support the chair-in-Tundra claim, and experts term the matter as “a non-issue” intended to distract from meaningful development efforts.
Ghana|Atinkaonline.com|Ebenezer Madugu