Top managers of COCOBOD asked to proceed on leave

Eleven top management level staff of COCOBOD have been asked to proceed on leave by government with effect from Monday 30th January, 2017.

The eleven occupy positions include the Deputy Chief Executive Agronomy and Quality Control, Deputy Chief Executive  Finance and Administration, Deputy Chief Executive -Operations, Director – Human Resource, Director Civil Works, Deputy Director Civil Works, Procurement Manager, Director of Estates and the Deputy Director of Finance. 
 
Meanwhile, some top staff members of Cocoa Marketing Company (CMC); a subsidiary of COCOBOD, have also been asked to proceed on leave.  

They include CMC’s Managing Director, Deputy Managing Director and Deputy Director Finance.

The development comes barely three weeks after the dismissal of the former CEO of COCOBOD, Dr Stephen Opuni, through a letter signed by the Secretary to the President, Nana Asante  Bediatuo directing him to hand over to the President’s representative at the Ministry of Agriculture.

GBC