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Former President John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE LEADERSHIP of the Sefwi Akontombra branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western North Region have lambasted former President John Mahama for peddling what they believe t"},"modified":"2019-07-18T11:33:21","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T11:33:21","slug":"mahamas-regime-was-sodom-gomorrah-for-cocoa-farmers-npp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/18\/mahamas-regime-was-sodom-gomorrah-for-cocoa-farmers-npp\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s Regime Was Sodom & Gomorrah For Cocoa Farmers – NPP"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former President John Mahama<\/strong><\/p>\n

THE LEADERSHIP of the Sefwi Akontombra branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the Western North Region have lambasted former President John Mahama for peddling what they believe to be falsehood about the country\u2019s cocoa sector.<\/p>\n

According to the NPP, Mr. Mahama used his visit to Sefwi Akontombra on Tuesday, July 16, 2019, to peddle falsehood to cocoa farmers, describing his four-year regime as \u201cSodom and Gomorrah\u201d for cocoa farmers.<\/p>\n

Mr. Mahama stated among other things during his visit that his regime increased the price of cocoa yearly but noted that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo\u2019s government has failed to do same, bringing hardship to the farmers.<\/p>\n

He also reportedly told cocoa farmers that the NPP government has suspended all cocoa roads initiated by his government, making road accessibility a headache for the people of the Western North. <\/p>\n

However, a statement issued by the Sefwi Akontombra Constituency Secretary of the NPP, Addo Harry, stated that \u201cthe cocoa sector, under the regime of the Former President, John Mahama, became \u2018Sodom\u2019 and \u2018Gomorrah\u2019 for the farmers in the country. The historical problems faced by the farmers became rather protracted.\u201d<\/p>\n

The statement observed that \u201cthe Former President used this sector as a medium to siphon revenue from these poor farmers.\u201d<\/p>\n

It alleged that \u201che milked farmers in the cocoa growing areas through high taxes on farming inputs, inflated contract quotations (cocoa roads), awarding of non-existing cocoa road contracts, diverting of cocoa bonuses worth over $100 million and shortchanging farmers on cocoa prices.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to the statement, the former President has a penchant for destroying every good thing he inherited from his predecessors including that of his own boss, the late President Evans Atta Mills. <\/p>\n

\u201cIt is worth to note that, Former President Mahama inherited one (1) million metric tonnes of annual cocoa production when he took over from his boss, the late President, H.E John Evans Atta Mills but left the country with 850,000 metric tonnes of production,\u201d it said. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe country\u2019s cocoa production lost its capacity by a whopping 250,000 metric
tonnes in his four years in power, due to poor management and negligence, to the farmers and skyrocketed smuggling of cocoa to the neighboring countries due to low pricing of cocoa beans.\u201d<\/p>\n

BY Melvin Tarlue<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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