Deputy COCOBOD CEO reassigned to Agric Ministry as Cocoa Adviser

President Nana Akufo-Addo has, with immediate effect, reassigned the Deputy Chief Executive Officer In-Charge of Agronomy and Quality Control at Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr. Yaw Adu-Ampomah, to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture.

A letter titled: ‘Reassignment to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture’, dated 1 October 2018 and addressed to Dr Adu-Ampomah by Nana Asante Bediatuo, Secretary to the President, said: “The president has, with immediate effect, reassigned you to the Ministry of Food and Agriculture as a Special Adviser on Cocoa Affairs to the Minister”.

“You are directed to report to the ministry for the reassignment to be regularised.

“Please accept the president’s best wishes”, the letter stated.

The letter did not give any reasons for Dr Adu-Ampomah’s reassignment.