The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has given COCOBOD two weeks to submit its audited report on cocoa roads.
This report will explain the contracts given by COCOBOD for cocoa roads, their status, and payments made to such contractors.
The Minority Chief Whip, Governs Kwame Agbodza who made this demand at the committee expressed his frustration at the refusal of COCOBOD and the Agric Ministry to submit the reports to Parliament.
According to him, cocoa road contractors are also concerned about the outcome hence the need to have the report for assurance.
“We just want information because it is getting worse. This is Parliament, we need to do something about it …so it is not witch-hunting it is just to find a solution to a problem affecting everybody in the country,” he said.
The Chairman of the committee James Klutse Avedzi on the back of this development, cited the constitution which empowers committees of Parliament to demand documents from institutions.
He, therefore, directed COCOBOD to submit the report in two weeks.
“We want you to give us that report. Whether it has been submitted somewhere or not, we are demanding it. Well, we give you two weeks,” he said.
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