General News of Wednesday, 12 February 2020Source: GNAEOCO sent fertilizer sample for testing directlyFile photoCOCOBOOD never sent fertilizer samples directly for testing but it was EOCO’s decision, Dr Yaw Adu-Ampomah, third prosecution witness in the trial of Dr Stephen Opuni, former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD and Seidu Agongo also of Agric told the court in Accra. Dr Adu-Ampomah was answering questions in a further cross-examination by Nutifafa Nutsukpui, Counsel for Seidu Agongo, the CEO of Agricult Ghana Limited, said COCOBOD had never sent fertilizer samples to these institutions for testing. The witness explained that EOCO went to COCOBOD warehouse and collected the fertilizer sample and COCOBOD gave them a covering letter. Asked, whether he was aware a fresh sample was collected from the COCOBOD warehouse, which was sent to the GSA for further testing, the witness said no. Mr Nutsukpui said the test result on the second sample collected indicated active ingredients of the lithovit fertilizer but the witness said COCOBOD was not aware of that.

Source: GhanaWeb February 12, 2020 02:48 UTC