{"id":240137,"date":"2025-07-05T13:02:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240137\/"},"modified":"2025-07-05T13:02:10","modified_gmt":"2025-07-05T13:02:10","slug":"cocobod-board-chair-pledges-modernisation-to-support-24-hour-economy-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/240137\/","title":{"rendered":"COCOBOD board chair pledges modernisation to support 24-hour economy policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"article-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanaweb.com\/GhanaHomePage\/business\/COCOBOD-board-chair-pledges-modernisation-to-support-24-hour-economy-policy-1990439?gallery=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/82780566.295.jpg\" alt=\"Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo\" title=\"Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo\" width=\"295\" height=\"195\" \/> <\/a>Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo<\/p>\n<p id=\"article-123\">The Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo, has pledged sweeping reforms to modernize the agency\u2019s operations in alignment with President John Dramani Mahama\u2019s 24-Hour Economy Policy.<\/p>\n<p>During a familiarisation tour of the Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC), Quality Control Units, and the Cocoa Village in Tema on Thursday, Dr Ofosu-Ampofo assured staff and management of the government\u2019s commitment to improving infrastructure and operational efficiency across all arms of COCOBOD.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are taking decisive steps to upgrade the infrastructure and systems that support the cocoa sector as part of the broader implementation of the 24-Hour Economy Policy,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He emphasized that COCOBOD will not be left behind in the national transformation agenda, promising policy initiatives that will make the institution \u201ca better version than we came to meet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ofosu-Ampofo\u2019s visit comes at a time when the government is intensifying efforts to create round-the-clock economic activity across key state and private sector institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The cocoa sector, a backbone of Ghana\u2019s economy, is expected to play a critical role in this vision.<\/p>\n<p>The Board Chairman commended the efforts of the CMC and Quality Control staff and called for enhanced collaboration to ensure Ghana\u2019s cocoa maintains its global reputation for quality.<\/p>\n<p>The tour also provided an opportunity to assess ongoing operational challenges and gather firsthand insights to inform reforms aimed at improving productivity, worker welfare, and export competitiveness.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Ofosu-Ampofo reiterated COCOBOD\u2019s central role in national development and assured workers that their concerns and contributions would be at the heart of ongoing policy changes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Dr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo The Board Chairman of the Ghana Cocoa&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":240138,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3090],"tags":[51,1700,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-240137","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-economy","8":"tag-business","9":"tag-economy","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114800764589838730","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240137","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240137"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240137\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/240138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}