Mmarahyɛbadwa egye Ghana Cocoa Board Bill, 2026 no to mu, a ɛde nsakraeɛ akɛseɛ ba a ɛhwehwɛ sɛ ɛhyɛ Ghana kookoo dwumadiɛ mu den na ɛhyɛ bɔ sɛ kookoo akuafoɔ bɛnya a ɛnnsua sene dɔnhyɛse 70 per cent wɔ Free on Board (FOB) abɔnten tɔn boɔ no mu.

Mmara foforɔ yi de Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) si hɔ sɛ mmara kwan so dwumakuo a ɛwɔ asɔdeɛ sɛ ɛhwɛ, ɛhyɛ mmara na ɛhwɛ dwumadiɛ nyinaa so wɔ kookoo adwuma no mu.

Ɔde Mmaraba no toom wɔ Mmarahyɛbadwam no, Sika Kɔkorɔ ne Sikasɛm Soafoɔ Abadiakyiri Thomas Nyarko Ampem kae sɛ mmara foforɔ yi ma mmara kwan so nhyehyɛeɛ ma COCOBOD ma ɛtumi mmoa kookoo yɛ, ɛnhyɛ mmarahyɛ dwumadiɛ no so, ɛnhwɛ kookoo tɔ ne kookoo a wɔde kɔ abɔnten so, na ɛhyɛ nkuran ma wɔnyɛ adeɛ a ɛmmoa ma boɔ no kɔ anim.

Ɔkae sɛ mmara no san de Producer Price Review Committee ne emu mfididwuma nhyehyɛeɛ si mmara kwan so, a ɛhyɛ kwan a wɔfa so si kookoo akuafoɔ boɔ no den.

Owura Ampem kyerɛkyerɛɛ mu sɛ Mmaraba no de sika hwehwɛ kwan foforɔ ba a ɛbɛma COCOBOD atumi ahwehwɛ sika wɔ ɔman no mu pɛɛ de atɔ kookoo aba wɔ akuafoɔ hɔ, bere a ɛhwɛ sɛ kookoo bɛdɔɔso pɛpɛɛpɛ ama adwumakuo a wɔyɛ kookoo mu adwuma wɔ ɔman no mu.

“Mmaraba yi de nhyehyɛeɛ foforɔ reba a kookoo aba no bɛba hɔ ama yɛn mfididwumakuo a wɔwɔ fie ha. Seventy per cent wɔ kookoo FOB boɔ no mu bɛkɔ ama akuafoɔ no,” ɔno na ɛkae.

Mmara no san ma mmara kwan so ahotɔsoɔ ma nhyehyɛeɛ dwumadiɛ, a emu bi ne kookoo papayɛ nhwehwɛmu, abodin krataa ahwehwɛdeɛ, nwansena ne mmoawa kum akwan, dwumadi boɔ ne kookoo gye akwan no, na ɛma wɔnya mmara kwan so ahooden a ɛyɛ den.

Ɛsan de COCOBOD hyɛ Ministry of Finance nhwɛsoɔ ase, a ɛde aban no gyinaeɛ a wɔsii wɔ March 2025 mu sɛ wɔde nhwɛsoɔ dwuma no bɛfi Ministry of Food and Agriculture hɔ de akɔ hɔ no si mmara kwan so.

Mmaraba no san hyɛ aban ne ankorankorɛ nkitahodiɛ ne fie aduane yɛ nkuran denam nkuranhyɛ a ɛde ma nkitahodiɛ a ɛne fie ne amannɔne ayɔnkofoɔ yɛ so, bere a ɛde nhyehyɛeɛ ba de moa kyokoleet yɛfoɔ nketewa ne wɔn a wɔyɛ nneɛma foforɔ fi kookoo mu.