{"id":664966,"date":"2019-07-26T12:49:56","date_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:49:56","guid":{"rendered":" <br><img src=\"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maxresdefault-30-1024x576.jpg\" \/><br><div>\n            \n                <p>&#13;\n                    <iframe id=\"td_youtube_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/e"},"modified":"2019-07-26T12:49:56","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T12:49:56","slug":"video-not-even-angels-can-stop-cocoa-smuggling-in-ghana-former-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/07\/26\/video-not-even-angels-can-stop-cocoa-smuggling-in-ghana-former-minister\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Not even angels can stop cocoa smuggling in Ghana \u2013 Former Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/maxresdefault-30-1024x576.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"td_youtube_player\" width=\"600\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2qTgzcPVVPc?enablejsapi=1&amp;feature=oembed&amp;wmode=opaque&amp;vq=hd720\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>&#13;<br \/>\n                    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>Former Western Regional Minister, Dr Kwaku Afriyie says not even angels can clamp down on the smuggling of cocoa beans from Ghana to neighbouring countries.<\/p>\n<p>To Dr Afriyie, who himself is a cocoa farmer in Ghana and a leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), though the smuggling canker is affecting cocoa farming, a lot of internal issues need to be addressed in the fight against smuggling.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: NAM1 granted GH\u00a2 1 billion bail (Audio)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen <\/strong>show, Dr Afriyie said there is currently a reverse of the menace under the Akufo-Addo government.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot even angels can stop cocoa smuggling to and from neighbouring countries. There are a lot of internal issues that need to be addressed,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO: Video+Photos: Menzgold customers storm court over NAM1<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Commenting on the same show, Minority Spokesperson on Agric, Mr Eric Opoku accused the NPP administration of neglecting cocoa farmers in the country with the cancellation of some road projects, challenges with cocoa mass spraying exercise, and replacement of free fertilisers with subsidised ones.<\/p>\n<p>However, Dr Afriyie rubbished the claims of free fertiliser distribution programme and noted that \u201cno government has issued any free fertiliser to any farmer. The fertilisers that were distributed were bought with the farmers\u2019 own money so it was not free.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: Adomonline.com | Gertrude Otchere<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Former Western Regional Minister, Dr Kwaku Afriyie says not even angels can clamp down on the smuggling of cocoa beans from Ghana to neighbouring countries. 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