The Senior Public Affairs Manager of Cocobod, Mr. Fiifi Boafo has advised former President John Dramani Mahama to stop lying to cocoa farmers about the importation of cocoa fertilizers.

He says the former president due to politics has taken a tangent which does not help the agriculture discourse of the country.

Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that as at now cocobod is still paying for fertilizers that were imported by the NDC under former President John Mahama.

"Monies meant for the payment of those imported fertilizers were embezzled during their administration. Cocobod is still paying for those fertilizers, so if you go round misinforming cocoa farmers, I don’t think you are doing any good to them," he said.

He maintained that the NPP government is committed to improving the life of cocoa farmers and the production of cocoa as a whole.

The flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama has described as sheer wickedness President Nana Akufo-Addo’s decision to stop the supply of free fertilizers to cocoa farmers and allow it to expire and dispose of them.

“I feel very sad for our cocoa farmers,” President Mahama said, adding, “we had good plans and started implementing good policies for the cocoa sector”.

He was speaking during an interaction with cocoa farmers and the people of Enchi in the Aowin Constituency of the Western North Region on Tuesday.

According to the former President, the supply of free fertilizer, seedlings and inputs to cocoa farmers led to an increase in the annual yield of cocoa.

“When we started giving out free fertilizers, it was because we realised it will help improve yield, and in the 2016/17 crop year, we recorded 950,000 tons . . . I cannot understand why this government will decide to stop that and sell the fertilisers to the farmers . . . In fact, it is wickedness to leave the fertiliser in warehouses because the farmers cannot and won’t buy them, and throw them away after they expire,” he lamented.