Other members appointed to serve on the Board are Kwame Sarpong, Carlos Ahenkorah, Nana Johnson Mensah, among others, were also sworn-in on Tuesday.
Mr. Owusu-Agyemang takes over from Daniel Ohene Agyekum, who served as Ashanti Regional Minister and Ghana’s Ambassador to the United States of America under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration.
The swearing ceremony comes weeks after a probe into the activities of the former Chief Executive Officer of COCOBOD, Dr. Stephen Opuni over corruption allegations.
Dr. Stephen Opuni before his appointment was the CEO of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) was appointed by former President John Mahama on November 30, 2013, to head the COCOBOD. He was asked to leave office shortly after NPP took office on January 12, 2017.
President Nana Addo swearing in the new appointees indicated that, cocoa has been Ghana’s “flagship commodity on the international scale and a source of good livelihood for several generations of Ghanaian farmers”, but was quick to add that interest in cocoa farming has “waned in recent years” due to several factors including illegal mining.
However the President declared government’s commitment to reviving the cocoa industry by increasing production.
“The government and I have made a commitment to raising production levels of cocoa to at least 1 million tonnes, and to process more than 50 percent of our cocoa beans. We have committed ourselves to finding new markets and improving our cocoa value chain. We are determined to make it a lucrative industry again. We are going to need your cooperation and full involvement,” Nana Addo said.
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Source: Sammy Agyei//Frontpageghana.com
