Businessman and owner of the Wontumi Communication Empire, Mr. Bernard Antwi-Boasiako, has congratulated the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Joseph Boahen Aidoo, for his sterling performance in the industry and the recent award he picked up in Côte d’Ivoire.
In an exclusive interview with Wontumionline.com, Mr. Antwi-Boasiako, who is also the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party, stated that the success of Mr. Boahen Aidoo, is a true reflection of the premium the government of President Akufo-Addo places on the cocoa sector.
He congratulated the COCOBOD CEO and urged him to continue his good works for Ghana and Africa.
Just recently, the National Award of Commander of the National Order of Côte d’Ivoire was conferred on Mr. Joseph Boahen Aidoo by by President Alassane Dramane Ouattara.
This was as a result of the courage he displayed when he led the joint Ghanaian and Ivorian negotiations to secure a new cocoa trading mechanism.
The mechanism has a Living Income Differential (LID) as a means in ensuring that cocoa farmers in Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire earn a living income from the sale of their cocoa beans.
The Ivorian Commander of the National Order Award is reserved for individuals who have distinguished themselves in service to the francophone Western African nation.
The award was presented to him on Thursday 1st October, at a ceremony held in Yamoussoukro to mark this year’s edition of la Journee Nationale du Cacao et du Chocolat (the National Cocoa and Chocolate Day), the Ivorian equivalent of Ghana’s Cocoa Day.
The Ivorian Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development, Kouassi Adjoumani, said Ivorian cocoa farmers owed Ghana’s president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and the Chief Executive of COCOBOD, a great debt for their work to improve the living conditions of cocoa farmers.