The contracts were GHS43.1million (2013/2014 cocoa farming season), GHS75.3million (2014/2015 cocoa farming season) and GHS98.9million (2015/2016 cocoa farming season) totaling GHS217million through sole-sourcing, the state claimed, adding that procurement procedures for sole-sourcing were not followed. According to the charges, the consignments of Lithovit Foliar were produced locally, contrary to an agreement between COCOBOD and AgriCult Ghana Company Limited that it be sourced from Germany. The first accused will be asked: ‘Guilty or not guilty?’ The second accused will be asked: ‘Guilty or not guilty?’ The third accused person, how will it plead? You can’t supply any chemical to COCOBOD if you don’t have approvals from the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (GRIG). Kofi Adams appears to be confident that the charges are frivolous and that Dr Opuni will come out victorious; then he should relax, he shouldn’t be unduly worried.

Source: GhanaWeb March 18, 2018 13:18 UTC