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Salary Cuts at COCOABOARD Won’t Fix Farmers’ 30% Income Loss – Fiifi Boafo A former official of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOABOARD), Mr. Fiifi Boafo, has criticized attempts to calm public anger over the cocoa price reduction by announcing salary cuts for top executives, arguing that such measures do not address the real hardship facing…
Cocoa Board Debt Cocoa Board Debt, World Market Prices and Political Claims: Former Official Responds to NDC A former Head of Public Affairs at the Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocoa Board), Mr. Fiifi Boafo, has rejected claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the cocoa sector was left in a healthy financial position when…
NPP Urged to Build Unity as Internal Tensions Continue Ahead of Future Elections A political analyst has urged the New Patriotic Party to strengthen internal reconciliation mechanisms ahead of its upcoming grassroots and national elections, warning that unresolved divisions could affect the party’s performance in the 2027–2028 electoral cycle. Speaking during a political discussion on…
Concerns over rising insecurity in the Sahel region are growing after discussions on Ghana’s Breakfast. The daily program highlighted the potential impact of regional instability on trade, food security, and economic activity. Mr. Elvis Darko, the news editor of NewsCenta Newspaper, emphasized that escalating violence in neighboring countries such as Burkina Faso could significantly affect…
Otukonor Fires Opposition Critics A leading government representative, Peter Boamah Otukonor, has defended the recent Mahama administration’s cocoa price reduction structure, attributing current challenges in the sector to past pricing strategies and sharp declines in international cocoa prices. Speaking in an interview on the state of the cocoa industry, Mr. Otukonor explained that previous administrations…
The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) general secretary, Justin Frimpong Kodua, has challenged claims that Ghana’s economy is improving under President John Dramani Mahama, arguing that macroeconomic data does not reflect the daily realities of ordinary citizens. In a heated political exchange in a TV3 interview, he said the party questioned whether falling inflation and…
Ghana’s education minister, Hon. Haruna Iddrisu, the member of parliament for Tamale South, was involved in a car accident. The report says the minister is in stable condition after a road crash on the Bolgatanga–Tumu Road Upper West Region, February 12, 2026—Government ministers involved in a road accident on the Bolgatanga–Tumu Road on Thursday are…
U.S. Signals Shift in NATO Role as Defense Secretary Skips Summit in Brussels Brussels—The United States has sent a strong signal about its changing role within NATO after its defense secretary declined to attend a key alliance summit, an absence that officials say is highly unusual. According to NATO sources, no formal explanation was offered…
Ghana’s President John Mahama and his government announced a new cocoa producer price for the 2025–2026 crop season. The reduction of the Cocoa price has sparked anger in many Ghanaian Cocoa farmers and the minority in Ghana’s parliament Accra, February 12, 2026—The Producer Price Review Committee (PPRC) has announced a new cocoa producer price for…
What is happening, political analyst? A political analyst has raised concerns that Baba Jamal’s situation appears to have been overlooked or mishandled by the functional executive of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), pointing to what he describes as a growing rift between the party’s national leadership and the government. A Growing Rift Between Party and…
