COCOBOD CEO enstooled chief in Western North Region

The Chief Executive Officer of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD), Hon. Joseph Boahen Aidoo has been enstooled as the Sumpahene of Sefwi Yamatwa in the Bia West District of the Western North Region.

He was given the stool name Nana Sumpahene Nana Yaw Asante and endowed with the traditional powers of an Nkosuohene of Yamatwa.

Mr Aidoo was given the honour when he led a delegation from the board to the Ahenfie of the Chief of Yamatwa as part of a week-long farm inspection and farmer engagement tour.

The tour, which is to assess the quality of work done by the team pruning cocoa farms, started from June 1 and will end on June 6.

In presiding over the ceremony, Nana Yaw Berima, the Gyasehene of Yawmatwa, said that the position was in recognition of the good work that the COCOBOD CEO had done for the community and the region at large.

He noted that they were pleased with his performance during his time as the Western Regional Minister and were also delighted by the interventions he introduced as CEO of COCOBOD.

The Gyasehene singled out the Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme, which has been introduced under Mr Aidoo’s leadership, for praise and urged him to continue with his good work.

Yamatwa is one of the towns in the Western North Region which has been worse hit by the Cocoa Swollen Shoot Virus Disease (CSSVD).

As such, the town and its neghbouring communities are among the early beneficiaries of the Cocoa Rehabilitation Programme.

The initiative was introduced by the present management of COCOBOD to curtail the spread of the disease, which had destroyed many farms and livelihoods.

In his remarks after the enstoolment, Mr Aidoo thanked the Chiefs and the elders of Yamatwa for the honour bestowed on him.

He also emphasised COCOBOD’s firm commitment to the curtailment of CSSVD, and the restoration of the livelihood of farmers in the town and across the nation and urged them to support the board to make its programmes success.