General Secretary of the Convention People's Party, Nana Yaa Jantuah, has urged the government to establish a dedicated Ministry of Cocoa to oversee all aspects of the cocoa industry.

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She believes that having the cocoa sector under the Agricultural Ministry limits its economic potential, even though cocoa is one of Ghana's top-earning exports, generating around $2 billion in foreign currency and providing employment to approximately 800,000 households nationwide.“We believe that there should be a ministry for Cocoa, instead of putting it under the ministry of Agriculture.

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Cocoa has a big market, we have the ministry for Land and Natural Resources, why didn’t we put it under the ministry of environmentIn an interview with www.247newsgh.com-monitored TV3 New Day, Nana Yaa Jantuah emphasized the importance of the government taking its obligations towards cocoa farmers seriously and ensuring fair treatment.

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She begged with the government to put more effort into enhancing the lives of cocoa farmers rather than politicizing cocoa bean farm gate prices, ending the hullabaloo, and senseless fighting.“So why is it always a funfair when there is an increment in Cocoa prices? There shouldn’t be, it’s government’s responsibility, if you pay your Childs’s school fees, do you always go round with the receipt?

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