COCOBOD is too important to be discussed through slogans alone. The COCOBOD Files was launched as a civic intelligence project to examine a simple question: What happened to COCOBO
The report indicates that cOCOBOD is too important to be discussed through slogans alone.
It further notes that the COCOBOD Files was launched as a civic intelligence project to examine a simple question: What happened to COCOBOD between 2017 and 2026? Through debt records, procurement questions, RTI actions, production trends, and public statements, the series tested narratives against evidence.
What follows is a chronological record of that work.
1. MIRACLE NARRATIVES, MANUFACTURED PANIC & ACCOUNTABILITY
An examination of competing narratives surrounding COCOBOD’s financial condition, governance challenges, and accountability questions. The piece argues that evidence, not political theatre, should drive public debate.
2. THE 70 PERCENT DEBATE AND THE ARITHMETIC OF COCOA PRICING
When cocoa prices surged, 70 per cent meant GHS 6,000 per bag. With prices lower, the same formula yields about GH¢1,386, yet the government is paying GH¢2,587. This piece examines the arithmetic behind the debate and the competing interpretations of farmer compensation.
A look at how national policy debates intersect with farmer realities. Beyond slogans and political messaging, the focus remains on timely payments, sustainable pricing, and the lived experience of cocoa producers.
A roadmap for the broader investigation, tracing decisions, records, and outcomes within COCOBOD from 2017 to 2025 as financial pressures intensified and governance questions deepened.
The formal launch of a forensic examination of debt, procurement, contracts, governance, financial stewardship, and institutional accountability.
6. THE COCOBOD FILES PART I: HOW SYSTEMS COLLAPSE
An exploration of how institutions deteriorate over time through accumulated decisions, structural weaknesses, and unresolved pressures until the evidence becomes impossible to ignore.
Three separate responses examining competing interpretations of COCOBOD’s condition, inherited challenges, institutional responsibility, and the evidence presented in The COCOBOD Files.
An examination of how liabilities within the cocoa sector interacted with Ghana’s broader fiscal challenges and contributed to national economic pressures.
