Gov’t cheating cocoa farmers – Minority

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OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

Author: Samuel...
"I humbly submit that samuel "ISOFOTON"
Okudzeto must be investigated. he was all over the place canvassing for this spanish co. to be paid this money. An please remember, Martin Amidu hinted that okudze ...
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Author: Samuel...
"I humbly submit that samuel "ISOFOTON"
Okudzeto must be investigated. he was all over the place canvassing for this spanish co. to be paid this money. An please remember, Martin Amidu hinted that okudzeto pleaded with him Martin to agree paying Isofoton. What a shame, NDC, GOD WILL DEFINITELY PUNISH ALL NDC".
jb 9 years ago

Ndc is insensitive.shame

Ndc is insensitive.shame
TRUTH 9 years ago

CRIMINALS

CRIMINALS
OLD SOLDIER 9 years ago

When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, h ...
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When Kwaku Baako informed us about the atrocities of Kwesi Pratt during PNDC Regime, some of us did not believe until the truth was confirmed during the NRC. Kwesi Pratt is the most dangerous Journalist Ghana had ever have, he had the gut to recommend his fellow journalists to be executed by PNDC. Pratt even recommended Baako to be killed by the regime, thank God Baako was instead touchered violently and severely but his life was spared. This is what Kwesi Pratt can do. Now Pratt is a secret agent to NDC and US Embassy in Ghana. May God forgive Pratt and spare him the untold evils that will come upon him and his generations. The souls of those journalist killed through Pratt's recommendations to PNDC will never forgive Pratt. Now Pratt has the guts to take Diplomatic Passport and smuggled his weak-headed children to work at the Ministries under Mills NDC, may God forgive Pratt and his dependance and spare them of the evils ahead of them...
b4 9 years ago

is it true?

is it true?
Omanhene(U$A) 9 years ago

Good Old Ghana, Amanfuo!!, We used to be the World's leading producer of these beans (cocoa), courtesy of Tete Quarshie's trip to Fernando Po and long dead blacksmith of Akwapim land. So, what happened to us??

Because of " ...
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Good Old Ghana, Amanfuo!!, We used to be the World's leading producer of these beans (cocoa), courtesy of Tete Quarshie's trip to Fernando Po and long dead blacksmith of Akwapim land. So, what happened to us??

Because of "official corruption and gargantuan cheating of our farmers by our government”, the farmers WISED up and started smuggling their cocoa to neighboring Ivory Coast to sell for higher prices. Therefore, it’s not that the Ivory Coast is beating the ass of Ghana in real terms of cocoa production, but they're being helped with the HUGE smuggling of cocoa to overtake Ghana in the "export NOT production" of cocoa to the World market/S.

Our farmers deserve better. They've helped Ghana to be where we're today and our so-called “Cocoa Marketing Board (CMB) scholarship educated elites” should RESPECT the farmers t by paying them the true value of 64K (1 bag) of cocoa, as well as their bonuses—as the Ivory Coast does, even after a long civil war.

**ENOUGH OF THE CHEATING IS ENOUGH**
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David 9 years ago

So if government "cheats" cocoa farmers what does it do with the money that does not benefit Cocoa farmers?
Just say Got is cheating Asante Cocoa Farmers. Enough of the Cocoa Politics- you(UP tradition) have been on this ...
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So if government "cheats" cocoa farmers what does it do with the money that does not benefit Cocoa farmers?
Just say Got is cheating Asante Cocoa Farmers. Enough of the Cocoa Politics- you(UP tradition) have been on this since the 50s
abena kwabena 9 years ago

you are too quick to turn it into tribal affair. who in Ghana does not know the term "cocoa ase" They are the most hard working citizens and yet they are the poorest. This seem to be the trend, hard work does not pay in this ...
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you are too quick to turn it into tribal affair. who in Ghana does not know the term "cocoa ase" They are the most hard working citizens and yet they are the poorest. This seem to be the trend, hard work does not pay in this country and crime is not punished enough that is why we are still at the bottom. The rich in Ghana are politicians and their business counterparts, people at the ports, people engaged in criminal activities like armed roggery, counterfeit, abortion etc. Among the poorest of the poor are cocoa farmers, teachers, fishermen, doctors, nurses, etc. This culture must be changed, the MP is making a very good point but you are finding a way to change it into tribal issue. We have many northerners, Fantis, Ayigwes, etc who are also cocoa farmers in the Ashanti and Brong Ahafo area. It is important that we find ways to improve the standard of living in those areas and make farming attractive to the youth.
KANIBA 9 years ago

This so call David is among the people who call the farmers KOOKOOASI . We the people of SEFWI will teach them lessions .

This so call David is among the people who call the farmers KOOKOOASI . We the people of SEFWI will teach them lessions .
David 9 years ago

Can we say Government is stealing from Tax payers in the formal sector because most of those in the informal sector are not paying taxes?
The logic , temperament and logic of the opposite in Ghana is crazy

Can we say Government is stealing from Tax payers in the formal sector because most of those in the informal sector are not paying taxes?
The logic , temperament and logic of the opposite in Ghana is crazy
sxknxk 9 years ago

This is cheap politics. This guy has lost it completely. The other day he was talking about Addo Kufour, the next day Cocoa farmers. Who put him there as leader of the Minority in Parliament? He doesn't know what to do. A com ...
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This is cheap politics. This guy has lost it completely. The other day he was talking about Addo Kufour, the next day Cocoa farmers. Who put him there as leader of the Minority in Parliament? He doesn't know what to do. A complete lack of focus on issues affecting the nation. Mr. Cheap Politics!
Owusu Ampa - ksi 9 years ago

another plot but it will not work.

another plot but it will not work.
Karbo Nangbeviel-Lawra 9 years ago

NDC chances for 2016 is bright and NPP cannot sleep over it.

NDC chances for 2016 is bright and NPP cannot sleep over it.
KWAME OWUSU 9 years ago

DID YOU MAKE THEM AS RICH AS ADDO KUFFOUR? IDIOTIC TALK

DID YOU MAKE THEM AS RICH AS ADDO KUFFOUR? IDIOTIC TALK
USA 9 years ago

Even town road u hv taken them as your residential plots .keep quiet

Even town road u hv taken them as your residential plots .keep quiet
Osei Yao 9 years ago

NPP IS REVISITING THE COCOA POLITICS WHICH WAS USED AS THE LAUNCH-PAD FOR "MATE MEHO" TERRORIST CAMPAIGN BY THE DANQUAH/BUSIAH CLIQUE. THERE WAS AREIGN OF TERROR FROM 1954 -1956 AND MANY LOST LIVES, LIMB AND PROPERTY. the gov ...
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NPP IS REVISITING THE COCOA POLITICS WHICH WAS USED AS THE LAUNCH-PAD FOR "MATE MEHO" TERRORIST CAMPAIGN BY THE DANQUAH/BUSIAH CLIQUE. THERE WAS AREIGN OF TERROR FROM 1954 -1956 AND MANY LOST LIVES, LIMB AND PROPERTY. the government must take action to stop terror instigators
Kofi 9 years ago

Sefwi farmers are not so stupid.They know what bullshit means.

Sefwi farmers are not so stupid.They know what bullshit means.
mainman 9 years ago

Wait, when you come to power ,then u raise it to GHc1,000.Inciting farmers against govt.

Wait, when you come to power ,then u raise it to GHc1,000.Inciting farmers against govt.
Kwadwo Amoako 9 years ago

It's said to read that an MP is urging farmers to rise up against government instead of promising to advocate for them in Parliament. It appears the minority sees itself as not playing any role in government. Any parliamentar ...
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It's said to read that an MP is urging farmers to rise up against government instead of promising to advocate for them in Parliament. It appears the minority sees itself as not playing any role in government. Any parliamentarian should see himself or herself as an advocate for the poor, the voiceless, and the underprivileged whether in the majority or in the minority. It breaks my heart as a Ghanaian to see lawmakers inciting civil disobedience. Remember that the minority can become majority and they will be judged with the same yardstick.
mojingles 9 years ago

A party out of power for two consecutive election cycles naturally resorts to hot empty rhetoric and goading of voters to sound relevant. This is exactly what the NPP is doing...what on earth does it accomplish by stoking the ...
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A party out of power for two consecutive election cycles naturally resorts to hot empty rhetoric and goading of voters to sound relevant. This is exactly what the NPP is doing...what on earth does it accomplish by stoking the flames of anger and bitterness with its baiting and highly absurd statement that the government is cheating cocoa farmers, the fulcrum of Ghana's economy?
Cocoa farmers in Ghana know too well that there is stiff competition from neighboring Ivory Coast and other cocoa producing nations in West Africa. It is therefore necessary that they increase production of the crop by cutting down waste on their farms and stopping the pervasive smuggling into the same Ivory Coast that has surpassed them in the production and export of cocoa....

It is fruitless to blame the government for low cocoa prices even as demand in western europe and asia rises...instead, cocoa farmers should work with the government to find ways to solve some of the nagging problems plaguing their industry......
MENSAH 9 years ago

MASTER,U DON'T HAVE SENSE MORE THEN THE REST OF GHANAINAS GIVE AS A BREAK

MASTER,U DON'T HAVE SENSE MORE THEN THE REST OF GHANAINAS GIVE AS A BREAK
Mr Agbey 9 years ago

Forget about this stupid minority leader and his blind followers......stupid fools

Forget about this stupid minority leader and his blind followers......stupid fools
Yaw 9 years ago

I think this is a very good point raised by the opposition and hopefully bipartisan will be brushed aside to treat it as a serious issue.
For far too long farmers have been dis respected,cheated,disregarded and even heard of ...
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I think this is a very good point raised by the opposition and hopefully bipartisan will be brushed aside to treat it as a serious issue.
For far too long farmers have been dis respected,cheated,disregarded and even heard of a member of the ruling party insulting his political opponent as behaving like a bush cocoa farmer.What did he mean by that and why wasn't he fired?
Most of these so called leaders of this country tend to forget that the CMB scholarship which helped them through their education was the result of the toil of these cocoa farmers they disrespect.
Before Ghana can make any serious impact or progress,we must reward or teat the long suffering farmers right and not somebody in Accra raining insults on our bread winners describing them as "kokoase kurasefou"
MUHAMMAD KAAMIL. 9 years ago

Antoa Nyama eat egg and intoxicants.

Antoa Nyama eat egg and intoxicants.
Ras Bo @ London 9 years ago

They are so narrow minded that they will always dwell on shallow empty propaganda than to think of constructive alternative that will prove their ability as thinkers than “political hip pops” challenging and making empty ...
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They are so narrow minded that they will always dwell on shallow empty propaganda than to think of constructive alternative that will prove their ability as thinkers than “political hip pops” challenging and making empty utterances when silence would have earn them some respect.

It is very unfortunate to have calibre of people who displays nothing than greediness gluttony and cranking attitude towards each other. Even within their party they find it difficult to unite, how would they be able to unite the whole nation? NPP is a truly a joke they have nothing to offer. By their deeds you shall know them.

Ghanaians should not be blinded by these tax looters who only seek their interest by lobbying through their agents who are scattered throughout the country. Their sole interest is to make every regime ungovernable by castigating lies, ugly insults, throwing bombs, killing women, burning markets, lengthy shallow litigations in courts and false alarm blowers. What can they boast of themselves and what have they achieved for Ghana?
They want Ghanaians to be sub-servants to them whilst in their own thinking and mental deliberations; they perpetually remain slaves to neo colonialism.
Joe 9 years ago

This is the better Ghana NDC promised us. Better Ghana indeed.

This is the better Ghana NDC promised us. Better Ghana indeed.
achipelago 9 years ago

WHEN NDC WILL NOT LISTEN, GO TO THE PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW OR ELSE THEY WILL TAKE THE FARMERS FOR GRANTED FOR FAR TOO LONG. NDC ARE THIEVES!

WHEN NDC WILL NOT LISTEN, GO TO THE PEOPLE AND LET THEM KNOW OR ELSE THEY WILL TAKE THE FARMERS FOR GRANTED FOR FAR TOO LONG. NDC ARE THIEVES!
Ugly Akufo Addo 9 years ago

Bonsu is an idiots

Bonsu is an idiots
P Otu 9 years ago

I think this is politics as usual. The minority would have achieved a lot if it has left the farmers to make their own judgement after they met them but to add Dr Owusu Afriyie,s quote "this is why we have come to let you kno ...
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I think this is politics as usual. The minority would have achieved a lot if it has left the farmers to make their own judgement after they met them but to add Dr Owusu Afriyie,s quote "this is why we have come to let you know how the government, which you have voted into power, does not care about you" smacks of politics just to undo the government.
Emma 9 years ago

why should Ghanaian suffer? hmmmmmm

why should Ghanaian suffer? hmmmmmm
Nana yaw sunshine 9 years ago

Because the economy has stabilised u look for other means to stab the government

Because the economy has stabilised u look for other means to stab the government
Ras Bo @ London 9 years ago

You have nothing to clich on. it is very clear now that you are a complete loser,adultrous generation.

Animal, Aweenga panyin gyan gyan..

You have nothing to clich on. it is very clear now that you are a complete loser,adultrous generation.

Animal, Aweenga panyin gyan gyan..
adumtumi nyansafuo paa ni 9 years ago

Farming in Ghana is a dangerous business. We need to have educated farmers in agriculture to set good regulations for farmers

Farming in Ghana is a dangerous business. We need to have educated farmers in agriculture to set good regulations for farmers
Photosy. 9 years ago

Obsession for power has blurred the mentality of these NPP Parliamentarians. I believe that producer price is not the same as FOB, which is Freight on Board. Cocoa buying starts from the farm gate to warehouses before been tr ...
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Obsession for power has blurred the mentality of these NPP Parliamentarians. I believe that producer price is not the same as FOB, which is Freight on Board. Cocoa buying starts from the farm gate to warehouses before been transported to Tema or TAKORADI. In any case are MInority not part of government ? I think our politics is all wrong, warped, twisted and many more . I will really need to understand the definition of Goverment and the wings the form a government. My little mind will need help here.
Cont 9 years ago

NPP will remain in opposition for many years. You have turned yourselves into a bunch of noise makers.

NPP will remain in opposition for many years. You have turned yourselves into a bunch of noise makers.
k.emma 9 years ago

MPP and their envines were they rich during your time

MPP and their envines were they rich during your time
mugu1 9 years ago

this danquah/busia criminal npp party,are you going to start throwing bombs again ?

this danquah/busia criminal npp party,are you going to start throwing bombs again ?
Dr k Azaglo 9 years ago

currupt Mahama government has killed the country. oh Ghana, my motherland. hmmmmm

currupt Mahama government has killed the country. oh Ghana, my motherland. hmmmmm
G. K. Berko 9 years ago

As much as I appreciate the efforts of the Minority Leader to show empathy for the Farmers, I strongly do not believe his approach helps his cause as a Minority Leader.

If he noted this huge gap between the payments why w ...
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As much as I appreciate the efforts of the Minority Leader to show empathy for the Farmers, I strongly do not believe his approach helps his cause as a Minority Leader.

If he noted this huge gap between the payments why wait for all this long to say anything about it? So, for three years the Minority Leader could not have access to the necessary information to take the matter up in Parliament for redress?

Now, all of a sudden, as the Elections are drawing close, he is using the revelation as a campaign tool to win the Farmers over.

He would have done his Party more good by asking the Parliament to summons the Executive on that allegation. Right now, it could easily be misconstrued as purely an Electioneering pitch.

Meanwhile, the farmers are suffering in poverty. What would the Government also do that, if the allegation were true? The Nation must not be propped up on the back of only the poor Cocoa Farmers. If the allegation is true, the Government must refund all the arrears due the Farmers immediately.

It is sad that the NDC would cause our Elections be all about Cocoa, again, 50 plus years after the UP raised similar issue against the CPP.

Long Live Ghana!!!
Kwadwo 9 years ago

If you believe a 210 cedis bag of cocoa concern being raised by the minority is merely political, I don't know what to tell you.

If you believe a 210 cedis bag of cocoa concern being raised by the minority is merely political, I don't know what to tell you.
MAN 9 years ago

FOB means free on board. What this means is that unit price without any charge for freight.

FOB means free on board. What this means is that unit price without any charge for freight.
Whatever 9 years ago

FOB as you correctly said means free on board. It means the European and Japanese buyers of our cocoa DOES NOT pay for its shipment or transportation and its insurance. It is the Government and cocoa board which pays for it. ...
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FOB as you correctly said means free on board. It means the European and Japanese buyers of our cocoa DOES NOT pay for its shipment or transportation and its insurance. It is the Government and cocoa board which pays for it. It does so by using some of the 479 after deducting administrative cost and the farmers cut. What Kyei Mensah Bonsu has just done is to ignorantly misrepresent FOB and use it for his propaganda politics. A man of a stature of minority leader should not be doing that. Its too ignoble
Kanewu 9 years ago

GHANIANIANS ARE NO MORE FOOLS LIKE DURING NPP TIME.THEY ALSO REASON

GHANIANIANS ARE NO MORE FOOLS LIKE DURING NPP TIME.THEY ALSO REASON
me 9 years ago

Now I know who is behind all these strikes in Ghana! How can you stoop so low because you want power by all means? As a floating voter I now know who to vote against: NPP! What an insult to the discerning Ghanaian! You have j ...
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Now I know who is behind all these strikes in Ghana! How can you stoop so low because you want power by all means? As a floating voter I now know who to vote against: NPP! What an insult to the discerning Ghanaian! You have just lost 2016! Try again in 2020.
Al Hajj AAA-Rashid(OH.USA) 9 years ago

Daily Guide did the minority speaker a lot of injustice by not drawing his attention to the fact that FOB is not FREIGHT ON BOARD but FREE ON BOARD.

This is something we all learn in secondary school Economics, Mr Minority ...
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Daily Guide did the minority speaker a lot of injustice by not drawing his attention to the fact that FOB is not FREIGHT ON BOARD but FREE ON BOARD.

This is something we all learn in secondary school Economics, Mr Minority Leader. Haba!
Agbee 9 years ago

This same method was used by NPP's grand fathers(National Liberation Movement,(NLM)) to insight cocoa farmers against the then CPP government.The NDC government must be careful.

This same method was used by NPP's grand fathers(National Liberation Movement,(NLM)) to insight cocoa farmers against the then CPP government.The NDC government must be careful.
Law Speaks 9 years ago

Let the cocoa farmers themselves to complain.

Let the cocoa farmers themselves to complain.
Concerned 9 years ago

Just like somebody said just shut up you ignorant goon you are the people killing Ghana idiot get a brain.Yoy Yoy

Just like somebody said just shut up you ignorant goon you are the people killing Ghana idiot get a brain.Yoy Yoy
Concerned 9 years ago

Christ Ghana is full of idoits like u

Christ Ghana is full of idoits like u
HMMN 9 years ago

Oh as for the Mahama NDC gov't that is their stock-in-trade to feed their create, loot and share gov't policy into the doldrums.
The fertilizer for the cocoa farmers too is being looted by NDC apparatchiks as well.
Meanwhil ...
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Oh as for the Mahama NDC gov't that is their stock-in-trade to feed their create, loot and share gov't policy into the doldrums.
The fertilizer for the cocoa farmers too is being looted by NDC apparatchiks as well.
Meanwhile their roads are unmotorable and their wards are not benefiting from the scholarship scheme from their sweat and toil.
What kind of monkey dey work baboon dey chop recklessness is this?
the truth hurts. 9 years ago

I pray the minority to cut down their huge salaries and bonuses to help the government pay for those outstanding bonuses.The economy is harsh,very harsh,yet,it is better and safer than the NPP regime.

I pray the minority to cut down their huge salaries and bonuses to help the government pay for those outstanding bonuses.The economy is harsh,very harsh,yet,it is better and safer than the NPP regime.

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