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COCOA FARMERS CRY TO GOV’T OVER SSNIT SCHEME

 

 

The President of Ghana National Cocoa Farmers Association has appealed to government to institute Social Security and National Insurance Trust,scheme for cocoa farmers to free them from poverty in old age.

According to the President, this could be done by deducting tokens from their sales proceeds to sustain the scheme.

 

Addressing a news conferenc, Mr Anane Boateng, the president of the Association, called for an increase in the producer price of cocoa to help attract the youth to the sector.

“Some cocoa farmers also called on government to register farmers on SSNIT Scheme, the use of electronic scale instead of the “clock face” scales currently being used to weigh cocoa, which could easily be tampered by purchasing

 

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