{"id":1064096,"date":"2022-04-22T17:30:36","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:30:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/board-directors-of-cocobod-receive-inconvenience-and-overnight-allowance-ablakwa-alleges\/"},"modified":"2022-04-22T17:30:36","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T17:30:36","slug":"board-directors-of-cocobod-receive-inconvenience-and-overnight-allowance-ablakwa-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/04\/22\/board-directors-of-cocobod-receive-inconvenience-and-overnight-allowance-ablakwa-alleges\/","title":{"rendered":"Board Directors of COCOBOD receive inconvenience and overnight allowance &#8211; Ablakwa alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"464\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/1650648636_146_Samuel-Okudzeto-Ablakwa_1-696x464.jpg\"   alt=\"\" title=\"Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa_1\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has alleged that, Board members of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are paid \u201cinconvenience and overnight allowance\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He said the Board of Directors for the 2019 fiscal year received a combined sum of GH\u00a2656,200.00 for allowances such as Board of Directors Fees, Sitting Allowances, Inconvenience Allowances and Overnight Allowances.<\/p>\n<p>This, according to the North Tongu MP, was contained in the 2019 Auditor General\u2019s report.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on Asempa FM\u2019s <strong>Ekosii Sen<\/strong> programme Friday, Mr Ablakwa could not fathom why a company which has made losses could pay themselves such illegal bonuses.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p>He indicated that, the Auditor-General has described these fees and allowances as illegal because the Finance Minister has not granted approval as required under Section 9(6) of the Ghana Cocoa Board Act of 1984 as amended; sadly though, the looting continues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy should it ever be an inconvenience to be called to serve your country? Should that not be the greatest honour? In any case, who put a gun to anybody\u2019s head to accept an appointment to the Ghana Cocoa Board? Also, what animal is Overnight Allowance?\u201d Mr Ablakwa further noted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Below is Hon. Ablakwa\u2019s post on Facebook<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fokudzetoablakwa%2Fposts%2F526329975514747&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"296\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"S6Js-GbM8NU\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&#039;I Want to Know If The Child is Mine or Not&#039; Ex-Boyfriend Asks - Obra on Adom TV (22-4-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/S6Js-GbM8NU?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Member of Parliament for North Tongu constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has alleged that, Board members of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) are paid \u201cinconvenience and overnight allowance\u201d. 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