General News of Wednesday, 21 June 2017Source: classfmonline.comMinority lied in cocoa fertiliser sale claim – MPFile PhotoThe Vice Chair of the Food, Agriculture and Cocoa Affairs Committee of Parliament, Kwame Asafu-Adjei, has said Minority members of parliament peddled untruths in their claim that the Akufo-Addo government was selling fertilisers to cocoa farmers. The Minority had claimed that the fertilisers allegedly being sold were purchased during the Mahama administration and were meant for free distribution to farmers. “We want to emphasise that cocoa farmers have indirectly through the producer price determination formula used for the 2016/17 cocoa season, paid for the fertiliser. “We can do politics with whatever in Ghana but I am one person who will not do politics with cocoa because cocoa is the backbone of the economy. “They (Minority) claim the Chief Executive of COCOBOD says he is going to put a price tag on cocoa.

Source: GhanaWeb June 21, 2017 18:11 UTC