Dr Randy Abbey is the COCOBOD CEO
It is imperative to proceed by stating unambiguously that the Minority Caucus position on COCOBOD Crisis is not only misplaced and hypocritical, but more importantly, it is disingenuous to national interest.
The attention of the governing administration has been drawn to the persistent and calculated attempts by the Minority Caucus press conference in which they tried to manufacture a crisis narrative around the operations of COCOBOD.
While we respect the right of the Minority to scrutinize and citicise, we firmly reject their revisionist history and deliberate amnesia regarding the true state of the sector they left in absolute ruin.
First: The Economy We Inherited vs. The Stability We Have Delivered
It is disingenuous in the extreme for the NPP Minority to sermonize about economic management.
Ghanaians have not forgotten that the NPP government did not merely mismanage COCOBOD; they detonated the entire Ghanaian economy.
Under their watch, the cost of living skyrocketed, unemployment became a ticking time bomb, and the average Ghanaian was suffering worse conditions than citizens in any country within the West African sub-region.
The current economic climate, while still on the path of recovery, is objectively more gratifying than the “dumsified” economy they handed over to us.
Second: COCOBOD is a Sub-Set, Not the Sum Total of National Progress
The Minority seeks to project COCOBOD as synonymous with the Republic of Ghana.
This is a deliberate ploy to distract from their legacy of looting.
While COCOBOD remains vital, Cocobod alone is not everything about this country. The NPP acts as if the health sector, roads, education, and national security ceased to exist under their tenure. We are building a resilient nation, not just a single state agency.
Third: Cleaning Up the Mess Left Behind
If COCOBOD is currently undertaking restructuring and facing challenges, it is because we are performing major surgery on a patient the NPP left brain dead.
You cannot break a system for eight years, rig it with debt, staff it with political cronies, and then feign shock when the next government takes time to fix the structural rot.
We are not here to play politics with cocoa; we are here to salvage what they plundered.
Conclusion
The Minority must apologize to Ghanaians for their reckless governance before daring to lecture anyone on economic probity.
Their current allegations are not borne out of patriotism, but out of panic that we are succeeding in fixing what they broke. This government remains focused on the broader national interest, and we will not be distracted by the desperate cries of a caucus that is haunted by its own dismal legacy.
Source:
www.ghanaweb.com
