General News of Thursday, 4 October 2018Source: Myjoyonline.com'Agric minister will never ask for COCOBOD bungalow' - Deputy dismissesFood and Agric minister Dr. Owusu Afriyie AkotoDeputy Food and Agriculture minister has rubbished reports, the minister, Dr. Owusu Afriyie Akoto, wants a bungalow owned by a parastatal, Ghana Cocoa Board (Cocobod). According to the Minority spokesperson on Finance Cassel Ato Forson, COCOBOD officials confirmed the claim at a sitting of Parliament’s Agric Committee. Chairman of the Agric Committee in Parliament, Kwame Asafo Agyei, rejected the claim that the renovation cost a million cedis. But he confirmed, "it is a general renovation of Cocobod houses and [the minister] decided to take one of the houses". The minister, he said, lives in a plush area at East Legon in Accra and does not need the bungalow at Ridge.

Source: GhanaWeb October 04, 2018 19:52 UTC