Dr Randy Abbey, the acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) has revealed that 200 containers have gone missing in COCOBOD’s stores.
The CEO shockingly revealed that the previous administration kept importing the same items every year, despite failing to clear shipments from the previous years.
According to Randy Abbey, when he came in he was told about 200 containers of agrochemicals and jute sacks at the port from container shipments from 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025.
He asserted that even though records show 200 containers they are unable to locate the containers.
Randy Abbey further revealed that the previous administration signed a contract worth about $48 million to import the same items it had failed to clear, for the 2025/2026 cocoa season.
Speaking in an interview with, Randy Abbey stated, “When I came, I was told that COCOBOD had about 200 containers of agrochemicals and jute sacks at the port. Upon investigation, we found that the containers comprised shipments from 2022/2023, 2023/2024, and 2024/2025.
“These shipments were supposedly at the port, but they have incurred demurrages and have even been auctioned. Even though records show 200 containers, we cannot locate them. The National Investigation Bureau is currently investigating the matter. The so-called 200 containers are not in COCOBOD’s stores. We are still trying to determine how many containers are actually available and what their contents are,” he explained.
The COCOBOD CEO added, “Shipping lines have blacklisted COCOBOD and its suppliers because the failure to return the 200 containers is affecting them. Shipping lines deliver items using their containers and expect them to be returned. If you don’t return them, it disrupts their operations. As a result, they have blacklisted COCOBOD and its suppliers”.
“The sacks they imported two years ago were not cleared. The ones imported this year are still there, and before they left office, they awarded a contract for sacks for the 2025/2026 season.
“What they did was escrow $48 million from our account at the Ghana International Bank in London to pay for the 2025/2026 sacks. These are some of the issues we have uncovered and continue to discover every single day.”
Meanwhile, Dr Randy Abbey also fumed at discovering a large amount of imported cocopeat abandoned.
Randy Abbey on his three-day working tour of the Western North and Western South cocoa regions discovered a large amount of imported cocopeat abandoned at the Sefwi Boako cocoa station.
Speaking in the viral video shared on X, Randy Abbey stated, “Were you the one who said that you needed X number of bags before they brought them here?… You were just there, and they brought it.
“So, it’s not as if you needed and made a requisition… Did you make a requisition? So, you were just there, and they dumped it on you. And you obviously don’t have need for it this year. You don’t have need for it this year, do you?” he questioned.
He added, “So, these things would be here till next season… What kind of nonsense is this? Because when you did that report, you said you had done 90%. Exactly. So, why would they bring all these things here? Why do we import all these things? We’re just importing things that we didn’t need, and you come and dump these things here.”
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Eeeii Npp. WHY? pic.twitter.com/9Y12LwVdxj— Esi ⚖️ (@EsinamJean) April 26, 2025
